Easy

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. - Aesop

Fate

Our grand business undoubtedly is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand. - Thomas Carlyle

To play the fool

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans: it's lovely to be silly at the right moment. - Horace

Admire

Admire those who attempt great things, even if they fail. - Seneca

Masterpiece

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. - John Ruskin

The path

If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads. - Anatole France

Greatness

Be not afraid of greatness:
some are born to be great,
some achieve greatness,
and some have greatness thrust upon them.
- William Shakespeare

Principle v Taste

In matters of principle, stand like a rock;
In matters of taste, swim with the current.
- Thomas Jefferson