Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage assumes fear. If we had waited for our fear to subside before we took that first plunge off of the high-dive, we would all still be standing there waiting. We just jumped anyway. Courage is the willingness to strap on your fear and move ahead.

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.

Past boldness is no assurance of future boldness. Boldness demands continual reliance on God's spirit.

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.

If we can ever get the hang of life as God intended, then it becomes an adventure to be lived instead of an unknown to be feared.

I'm for whatever gets you through the night.

I've heard people say that God is the gift of desperation, and there's a lot to be said for having really reached a bottom where you've run out of any more good ideas or plans for everybody else's behavior; or how to save and fix and rescue; or just get out of a huge mess, possibly of your own creation.

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

A great white jumped into my cage when I was diving in South Africa. Half its body was in the cage, and it was snapping at me.

I have been through a lot in my life, my parents divorced when I was 16, and it was a very difficult time.

Cancer is an emotional disease.