On stout heartedness........

It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject
to half of the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly
listlessness for fear of what might happen.
-Herodotus, The Histories,  (as cited everywhere)

Far better is it to have a stout heart always, and suffer one's
share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen, and
never incur a mischance. Moreover, if thou wilt oppose
whatever is said by others, without thyself showing us the
sure course which we ought to take, thou art as likely to lead
us into failure as they who advise differently; for thou art but
on a par with them. And as for that sure course, how canst
thou show it us when thou art but a man? I do not believe
thou canst. Success for the most part attends those who act
boldly, not those who weigh everything, and are slack to venture.
-Herodotus, The Histories,  Book 7, Chapter 50
as translated by George Rawlinson