For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." (Rom. 8:15)

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all morality.

We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.

God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind" (2 Timothy 1:7).

Why in the world are we here? Surely not to live in pain and fear. Why on earth are you there, when you're everywhere-come and get your share.

All there is to writing is having ideas. To learn to write is to learn to have ideas.

Whatever may be, I am still largely the creator and ruler of my emotional destiny.

I am inclined to think from my own experience that the difficulty to eminence lies not in the road, but in the timidity of the traveler.

Suppose you should fail. Is that so terrible? Not to have tried is a worse failure.

The biggest enemies we have to overcome on the road to success are not a lack of ability and a lack of opportunity but fears of failure and rejection and the doubts that they trigger.

Fear of Failure becomes Fear of Success for those who Never Try Anything New.