“There comes a time in the lives of those destined for greatness when we must stand before the mirror of meaning and ask: Why, having been endowed with the courageous heart of a lion, do we live as mice?”

I won’t let others stoke fear in my heart. I choose to remain true to who I am and where my dreams direct me no matter the hardship I might incur. I remember it always: Fear wins or Freedom wins, and I choose Freedom.

I have to laugh when I receive newsletters from major personalities and when you hit reply, you get a ‘do-not-reply’ address. It’s ridiculous! Don’t you want your customers to reply to you?

Drama in our lives is the greatest indicator that we’re not focused on meaningful goals. On the path to purpose you don’t have time for drama.

The top experts in the world are ardent students. The day you stop learning, you’re definitely not an expert.

Choosing our own aims and seeking to bring them to fruition creates a sense of vitality and motivation in life. The only things that derail our efforts are fear and oppression.

When the world question your abilities, respond with your actions.

No matter your position, circumstances, or opportunities in life, you always have the freedom of mind to choose how you experience, interpret, and, ultimately, shape your world.

The time you want the map, is before you enter the woods.

Why having been endowed with the courageous heart of a lion, do we live as mice?

Ask not what you are getting from the world but, rather, what you are giving to the world.

Selecting your next challenge in life, choose one that is meaningful and will demand your complete concentration.

Aliveness doesn’t happen in silence. Aliveness doesn’t happen in repression. Aliveness happens in action.

If your guard is up, let it down. If you’ve constructed a defensive wall to protect yourself and keep all the bad guys out, don’t forget who that wall also prevents from getting in – the good guys.

As soon as you seek to inspire others, it inspires the best in you.

We have to reconceptualize and understand that the act of pursuing our dreams and being our full selves is what allows us to feel alive.

The more we are true to ourselves, the more we can connect with and contribute to the world.

Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.

Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.

True delegation implies the courage and readiness to back up a subordinate to the full; it is not to be confused with the slovenly practice of merely ignoring an unpleasant situation in the hope that someone else will handle it.

When, at a party, a woman (half socialite, half journalist) told me how brave she thought I had been for not getting a facelift, I was tempted to comment on the courage she had shown in dealing with the results of hers.

Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.

Nothing is lost as long as courage remains

I’m a Scorpio with a Pisces moon. I am very critical of myself. I’m actually way less critical of others than I am of myself. I’m in my own head a lot. It’s hard and really discouraging.

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.