Have the Courage

A great deal of talent is lost in the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves onscure men whom timidly prevented from making a first effort; who, if they could have been induced to begin, would in all probability have gone to great lengths in the career of fame. The fact is that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger but jump in and scramble as well as we can.
By Sydney Smith