I am not afraid. I was born to do this.

Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them, they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will sink out of sight.

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.

Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them.

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.

Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burned women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

I must be a mermaid, I have no fear of depths, and a great fear of shallow living.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Religion is a great force—the only real motive force in the world; but what you fellows don't understand is that you must get a man through his own religion and not through yours.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature; these are the spur and reins whereby al mankind are set on work, and guided.

If you develop a pure and sincere motivation, in you are motivated by a wish to help on the basis of kindness, compassion, and respect, then you can carry on any kind of work, in any field, and function more effectively.

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or good or joy worth having.

When a person can't find a deep meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

Action expresses priorities.

The heart's earnest and pure desire is always fulfilled.

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.