Lean into (not away from) what’s making you uncomfortable. Shane Parrish

Amateurs are scared – scared to be vulnerable and honest with themselves. Professionals feel like they are capable of handling almost anything. Shane Parrish (fs.blog)

Will you dare to try and learn and grow? Or will you allow fear to take over? Life happens in the river, not on the shore. Maxime Lagacé

Don’t be ashamed to need help. Like a soldier storming a wall, you have a mission to accomplish. And if you’ve been wounded and you need a comrade to pull you up? So what? Marcus Aurelius

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear. Mark Twain

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. Anaïs Nin

Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room. Dwayne Johnson (The Rock)

Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)

Having lived the life I’ve lived, and having seen the other side, not being afraid to attack what was in front of me, has made me happy. David Goggins

Have the courage to be who you are, not what people expect you to be. David Goggins

I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster. Catherine the Great

Everyone has talent. What’s rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads. Erica Jong

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. Charlie Chaplin

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. Have the courage to follow your own heart and intuition. Steve Jobs

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. Fyodor Dostoevsky (Crime and Punishment)

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King Jr

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. Nelson Mandela

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. John F. Kennedy

Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway. John Wayne

Freedom lies in bold action. Robert Frost

Courage, dear heart. C.S. Lewis (The Voyage of the Dawn Treader)

Choose courage over comfort. Brené Brown (Dare to Lead)

A king is one who fears nothing. Seneca

The scared freeze. The brave try. Maxime Lagacé

All serious daring starts from within. Harriet Beecher Stowe

The stronger your principles, the more you’ll fight for them. Maxime Lagacé

Do one thing every day that scares you. Eleanor Roosevelt

Courage is the only virtue you can’t fake. Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life. E. M. Forster

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. Erich Fromm

Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage. Brené Brown

It’s possible to transcend anything that doesn’t kill you. David Goggins (Can’t Hurt Me)

Don’t let not knowing how it will end keep you from starting. Bob Goff

Choose the great adventure of being brave and afraid. At the exact same time. Brené Brown (Dare to Lead)

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. Aristotle

The willingness to show up changes us. It makes us a little braver each time. Brené Brown (Daring Greatly, Amazon book)

If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere. Frank A. Clark

There’s no starting over, only getting up to begin again. Leo Christopher

Giving up is the easiest thing in the world. That’s why so many people do it. Mike Tyson (Source)

Be steady. Build daily. Maxime Lagacé

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. John D. Rockefeller

Never bet against a person who just keeps showing up. Sahil Bloom (Source)

Don’t stop until you are proud. Unknown

To fail is something, to quit is another. Marisa Strydom

Rest at the end, not at the middle. Kobe Bryant 

When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place. Paulo Coelho

 Believe you can and you’re halfway there. Theodore Roosevelt

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. Søren Kierkegaard

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done. Bruce Lee

Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get. Forrest Gump

Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing. Seneca

A happy life consists in the tranquility of mind. Marcus Tullius Cicero

The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning. Albert Camus

Difficult and meaningful will always bring more satisfaction than easy and meaningless. Maxime Lagacé

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. Marcus Aurelius

Change your thoughts and you change your world. Norman Vincent Peale

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. Confucius

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. Benjamin Franklin

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. William James

Life is a book you write, not a movie you watch. Maxime Lagacé

In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln

Sing the song that only you can sing, write the book that only you can write, build the product that only you can build… live the life that only you can live. Naval Ravikant

You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching. William W. Purkey

Your goal in life is to find out the people who need you the most, to find out the business that needs you the most, to find the project and the art that needs you the most. There is something out there just for you. Naval Ravikant

I tell you, in this world being a little crazy helps to keep you sane. Zsa Zsa Gabor

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Helen Keller

Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. St. Augustine

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. Albert Einstein

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. Henry David Thoreau

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. George Bernard Shaw

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. Steve Jobs

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. George S. Patton

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. Mark Twain

Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments. Rose Kennedy

Life is a tree. Your mind is the roots and who you become is the fruits. Maxime Lagacé

The only way out is through. Robert Frost

Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful. Annette Funicello

The ego wants comfort and certainty. The soul wants to live fully. Maxime Lagacé

Stop seeking today. You have all it takes to live a good life. You have your mind. Maxime Lagacé

Be pleasantly surprised by everything that happens. Life is more fun that way. Lex Fridman

Fear is going to be a player in your life, but you get to decide how much. Jim Carrey

You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice." —Bob Marley

Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything." —Jack Kornfield

The strongest hearts have the most scars." —Unknown

Sometimes it takes a good fall to know where you really stand." —Hayley Williams

1The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.” —Mignon McLaughlin

Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me. — Michael Scott, The Office

The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me? — Ayn Rand

The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on. — Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. — Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl  

Oh yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it, or learn from it. — Rafiki, The Lion King

If I had nine hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first six sharpening my axe. — Abraham Lincoln

I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. — Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it’s yours. — Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

There is only one way to avoid criticism. Do nothing. Be nothing. Say nothing. — Aristotle

Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE. — Joss Whedon

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. Winston Churchill

Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar. Erica Jong

 The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.” —Kobe Bryant

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” —Helen Keller

“If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more.” —Oprah Winfrey

“If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.” —John Wooden

“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” —Lyndon B. Johnson

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” —William James

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” —Theodore Roosevelt

“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” —Martin Luther King Jr.

“When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” —Carol Burnett

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” —C.S. Lewis

“Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.” —Maya Angelou

“Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.” —Deep Roy

“The most wasted of days is one without laughter.”  —E. E. Cummings

“It isn’t where you came from. It’s where you’re going that counts.”  —Ella Fitzgerald

“Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.” —Hafez

“Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful.” —Hazrat Inayat Khan

“Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.” —John Barrymore

“You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens.” —Mandy Hale

“You are enough just as you are.” —Meghan Markle

“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” —Michael Altshuler

“Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.” —Gloria Steinem

“If you can dream it, you can achieve it.” —Zig Ziglar

“The power of imagination makes us infinite.” —John Muir

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who ind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” —Dr. Suess

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” —Helen Keller

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.” —Mark Twain

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” —Dr. Seuss

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” —Eleanor Roosevelt

 “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” —Maya Angelou

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” —Oscar Wilde

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it. – Charles Swindoll

 Don’t wait, the time will never be just right. – Napoleon Hill

 No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” ―Robin Williams

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” ―Albert Einstein

“You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so … get on your way!” ―Dr. Seuss

“When thinking about life, remember this: no amount of guilt can change the past and no amount of anxiety can change the future.” ―Unknown

“A negative mind will never give you a positive life.” ―Unknown

“Everything is hard before it is easy.” ―Goethe

“At the end of the day we can endure much more than we think we can.” ―Frida Kahlo

“Whatever you do, never run back to what broke you.” ―Frank Ocean

“Take the risk or lose the chance.” ―Unknown

“I didn’t learn to be quiet when I had an opinion. The reason they knew who I was is because I told them.” ―Ursula Burns

Never regret a day in your life. Good days bring you happiness and bad days give you experience.” ―Unknown

“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” ―Jim Rohn

“Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” ―Carol Burnett

“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” ―Charles R. Swindoll

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” ―William James

When the pain of an obstacle is too great, challenge yourself to be stronger.

“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” ―Will Rogers

“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” ―Marcus Aurelius

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” —Helen Keller

“The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has been before.” ―Albert Einstein

“Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.” ―Jim Henson

What is coming is better than what is gone.” ―Unknown

“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” ―Roy T. Bennett

“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” ―Marcus Aurelius

“Do something today that your future self will thank you for.” —Unknown

“The greatest weapon against stress is the ability to choose one thought over another.” ―William James

“It takes nothing to join the crowd. It takes everything to stand alone.” ―Hans F. Hansen

“Your mind is powerful. When you fill it with positive thoughts your whole world will change.” ―Unknown

“Your only limit is your mind.” ―Unknown

“Stop being afraid of what can go wrong and start being positive about what can go right.” ―Unknown

“The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.” ―Unknown

Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” —Walt Whitman

Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.” — 

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” —Tony Robbins

You can have it all. Just not all at once.” —Oprah Winfrey

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” —Michael Jordan

All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.” —Earl Nightingale

Train your mind to see the good in every situation." —Unknown

Only in the darkness can you see the stars." —Martin Luther King, Jr.

I dwell in possibility.” —Emily Dickinson

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.” – Bruce Lee

A No. 2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.” —Joyce Meyer

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory." —Dr. Seuss

The most wasted of days is one without laughter." —E. E. Cummings

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world." —Robin Williams

Whoever is happy will make others happy too." —Anne Frank

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others." —Rosa Parks

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." —Walt Disney

You must do the things you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt

 I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” —Thomas A. Edison

“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” —Wayne Dyer

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” —Eleanor Roosevelt

“I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.” —Anthony Robbins

“The greater damage for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it it too low and we reach it.” —Michelangelo

“Do not go where the path may lead , go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. —Winston Churchill

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” —Muhammad Ali

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” —Michael Jordan

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” —Mark Twain

“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” —Henry Ford

“Live each day as if your life had just begun.” —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” —Lao Tzu

“Do one thing every day that scares you.” —Eleanor Roosevelt

“You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” —Shonda Rhimes

“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” —Helen Keller

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive.”  —Maya Angelou

“The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at.” —Jesse Owens