“Rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I know already, for your forwardness you have deserved rewards and crowns.”
Speech to the Troops at Tilbury (1588)
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Dedication
On the Infinite Universe and Worlds (1584)

Pausing and addressing to a fallen statue of Xerxes the Great
Plutarch. The age of Alexander: nine Greek lives. Penguin, 1977. p. 294 http://books.google.com/books?ei=0bC3T9ejHcPQsgarjcHWBw&id=eFAJAQAAIAAJ&q=%22set+you+up+again+because+of+your+magnanimity+and+your+virtues+in+other+respects%22#search_anchor

“Banish the faceless reward your grace
Banish the faceless reward your grace.”
Afraid

“I compete with myself, people will judge whether I deserve to be on the scene or not.”
January 16, 2008; Al-Jarida http://www.aljarida.com/articles/1461245935503330200/
2008

Interview with David Brooks on C-SPAN (9 June 2019), time code 48:00 https://www.c-span.org/video/?463748-1/defense-secretary-jim-mattis-discusses-military-career-leadership