#courage

"Powerful words come with powerful intent. Where you have passion, strength, courage, and determination you can accomplish anything!"

"To know a species, look at its fears. To know yourself, look at your fears. Fear in itself is not important, but fear stands there and points you in the direction of things that are important. Don't be afraid of your fears, they're not there to scare you; they're there to let you know that something is worth it."

"It takes guts to love with gusto. Most people love as if they wish they were invisible, and then they wonder why their affections go unnoticed."

"It goes with a courageous intent to greet the universe as it really is, not to foist our emotional predispositions on it but to courageously accept what our explorations tell us."

"Even in the hardest circumstances, dreams can give you the courage to live, and I hope I can share that message with children in need."

"Vulnerability is the essence of romance. It's the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say, 'This is me, and I'm interested in you enough to show you my flaws with the hope that you may embrace me for all that I am but, more important, all that I am not.'"

"The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, anew continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to bereleased and channeled toward some great good."

"If you learn to really sit with loneliness and embrace it for the gift that it is…an opportunity to get to know YOU, to learn how strong you really are, to depend on no one but YOU for your happiness…you will realize that a little loneliness goes a LONG way in creating a richer, deeper, more vibrant and colorful YOU."

"I tell people not to be afraid of their fears; because their fears are not there to scare them, they're there to let them know that something is worth it. Yet I am often afraid. I guess that means in my life, lots of things have been worth it!"

"There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself."

"Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing."

"Success doesn't come to you; you go to it."

"If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life."

"Wisdom is knowledge plus courage. You not only have to know what to do and when—but you have to be brave enough to actually act on it."

"We were as Hansel and Gretel and we ventured out into the black forest of the world."

"Too many people out there tell us what we can and cannot do but…they don’t know who we are, what’s put in us."

"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud."

"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."

"The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born."

"If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality."