Seasoned leaders rarely regret having taken risks. Even the risks that didn't pay off directly are viewed as a necessary part of the journey. A leader's regrets generally revolve around missed opportunities, not risks taken. Many of those missed opportunities would not have been missed had they been willing to push through their fear and embrace what could be. Fear, not a lack of good ideas, is usually what keeps a man or woman standing on the sidelines.

Often, stepping outside your comfort zone is not careless irresponsibility, but a necessary act of obedience.

Blue skies or dark night, one truth still holds: God has you. And this is the promise He has made to you: He will never let you go.

You are tied on [to God] with a bond that cannot be broken. And when you are tied on to God... you do not have to be afraid.

When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid.

I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.

I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've got to let me do a little action here.

Freedom lies in being bold.

Bravery is the solution to regret.

The graveyard is the richest place on earth, because it is here that you will find all the hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled, the books that were never written, the songs that were never sung, the inventions that were never shared, the cures that were never discovered, all because someone was too afraid to take that first step, keep with the problem, or determined to carry out their dream.

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living out fears.

Well!" thought Alice to herself. "After such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down-stairs! How brave they'll all think me at home! Why, I wouldn't say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house!" (Which was very likely true.)