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Fear often masquerades as a stop sign, but true bravery treats it like a stepping stone. Finding the will to act when you feel paralyzed is the defining moment of personal growth.
"You have to be willing to go to war with yourself and create a whole new identity."
"The ticket to victory often comes down to bringing your very best when you feel your worst."
"If you can get through doing things that you hate to do, on the other side is greatness."
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."
"The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently."
"The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice; it is conformity."
"If you are going through hell, keep going."
"The only way out is through."
"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."
"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity."
"May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears."
"You can choose courage or you can choose comfort, but you cannot have both."
"It is not the critic who counts... The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood."
"A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have."
"Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice."
"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends."
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena."
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."
"You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."
"The five-second rule is a simple way to push yourself to take the first small step."
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."
"The will is by its nature so free that it can never be constrained."
"I realized that it was necessary, once in the course of my life, to demolish everything completely and start again right from the foundations."
"To love ourselves and support each other in the process of becoming real is perhaps the greatest single act of daring greatly."
"When we have the courage to walk into our story and own it, we get to write the ending."
"Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves even when we risk disappointing others."
"Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it."
Courage is a foundational theme in performance and clarity.
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