When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith….

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

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.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

The human emotional system can be broken down into roughly two elements: fear and love. Love is of the soul. Fear is of the personality.

We’ve begun to raise daughters more like sons… but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

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

Vulnerability is not about winning, and it’s not about losing. It’s about having the courage to show up and be seen.

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

Having courage does not mean that we are unafraid. Having courage and showing courage mean we face our fears. We are able to say, ‘I have fallen, but I will get up.’

Fortune befriends the bold.

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

The will must be stronger than the skill.

Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth.

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.

Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance… and courage.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.