
The great danger of most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
- Topic: Confidence, Fear, Goals, Purpose, Vision
- Location: Grand Canyon National Park
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.
If things seem under control, you are just not going fast enough.
You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise.
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.
If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.
You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.
If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.
I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment.
Change, But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed.
If people knew how hard worked to achieve my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
A very little key will open a very heavy door.
Most men die at 27, we just bury them at 72.
A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world.
Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or good or joy worth having.
This is the law: The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. The sword is more important than the shield and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental.
Can’t is the worst word that is written or spoken; Doing more harm here than slander and lies; On it is many a strong spirit broken, And with it many a good purpose dies.
Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.
Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
There is nothing in the world that empowers a human being to overcome external difficulties or internal hardships so much as the awareness that one has a task in life.
The day will soon come when I will show the world that the transmission of power and speech without the aid of any wires is possible.
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
The change in motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.
