Friday, August 23, 2024

 I don't go by the rule book…I lead from the heart, not the head." — Princess Diana

The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order the continuous thread of revelation." — Eudora Welty

The time is always right to do what is right." — Martin Luther King Jr.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other." — Audrey Hepburn

Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life." — Jackie Robins

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one." — Dolly Parton

Despite the forecast, live like it's spring." — Lilly Pulitzer

If I'd have done all the things I was supposed to have done, I'd be really tired." — Willie Nelson

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way." — Napoleon Hill

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." — Margaret Thatcher

Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start." — Nido Qubein

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great." — Zig Ziglar

Life has no limitations, except the ones you make." — Les Brown

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

Life is short, but it is wide. This too shall pass." — Rebecca Wells, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow." — Mary Anne Radmacher

It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit." — J.R.R. Tolkien

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

Real courage is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. Doing the unpopular thing because it's what you believe, and the heck with everybody." — Justin Cronin

It's your life; you don't need someone's permission to live the life you want. Be brave to live from your heart." — Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

It's kind of fun to do the impossible." — Walt Disney

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable." — Walt Disney

Everything you want is on the other side of fear." — Jack Canfield

The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting." — Walt Disney

Do you give as much energy to your dreams as you do to your fears?" — Unknown

You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength." — Marcus Aurelius

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams." — Oprah Winfrey

All serious daring starts from within." — Eudora Welty

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try." — Dolly Parton

It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow." — Ralph Ellison

Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground." — Rosa Parks

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore." — William Faulkner

Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game." — Babe Ruth

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

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

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

Accept in an unruffled spirit that which is inevitable. Seneca

It’s better to cross the line and suffer the consequences than to just stare at the line for the rest of your life. Paulo Coelho

Running away from the immediacy of our experience is like preferring death to life. Pema Chödrön

The only alternative to a shuddering paralysis is to leap into action regardless of the consequences. Alan Watts

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

The hard choices – what we most fear doing, asking, saying – these are very often exactly what we most need to do. Tim Ferriss

Think of yourself as an explorer. You cannot find anything new if you are unwilling to leave the shore. Robert Greene

Understand: we are all too afraid – of offending people, of stirring up conflict, of standing out from the crowd, of taking bold action. Robert Greene

One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. Maya Angelou

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow. Jim Hightower

Don’t avoid something frightening if it stands in your way. Jordan Peterson

Accept in an unruffled spirit that which is inevitable. Seneca

It’s better to cross the line and suffer the consequences than to just stare at the line for the rest of your life. Paulo Coelho

Running away from the immediacy of our experience is like preferring death to life. Pema Chödrön

The only alternative to a shuddering paralysis is to leap into action regardless of the consequences. Alan Watts

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

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)

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


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