"Those of us who have less courage require a more indirect approach. We need to deal with our fears incrementally. Not one decisive battle, but many small encounters are needed for us to become more daring. This has the advantage of freeing our energies for other endeavors."
-- Melvyn L. Fein
"Try a new food. Do something you have never done before. Tinker with an idea you’ve had. Pick up a new hobby. Simply exposing yourself to experimentation throughout your daily life will help you experiment with your craft."
-- Brian Levenson
"Keep reaching for things that are just beyond your grasp. Get up on those tippy toes. Stretch yourself has high as you can. Remember that the best things often take years to grow and mature, so when you feel like giving up, keep reaching and have faith that what you want is a few steps in front of you."
-- Stacie Bloomfield
"As we go about our daily lives, it is important to remember that we always find what we’re looking for. If you set out today thinking that this is going to be a bad day, shortly things will begin to order themselves to meet your expectation. Conversely, if you set out with an expectation of greatness, this can be one of the greatest days of your life."
-- Jim Stovall
"Stop stalling. Embed a big desire in your soul. Big desires keep your heart and soul on fire. Your fire is fanned by your dreams, ambition, dream team, and compelling lectures, books, audios, videos, and stories. You’ll know you’re here to serve and make a difference."
-- Mark Victor Hansen
"Character building is a slow process. Whenever we try to avoid or escape the difficulties in life, we short-circuit the process, delay our growth, and actually end up with a worse kind of pain—the worthless type that accompanies denial and avoidance."
-- Rick Warren
"You've heard the advice. If you fall off a horse, you must immediately get back on. If you do not, your fears are liable to multiply exponentially. Should this occur, you might never get on another horse ever again. Better therefore to suck up your courage and try once more. Then if this fails, you are asked to climb on again. As long as it takes, and however much you may get bruised, you must never give up. To make a habit of backing down would ensure a lifetime of weakness."
-- Melvyn L. Fein
"To be happy we must be capable of rebuilding ourselves as much as possible in the face of trauma and hardship. The reason is simple: there is no life story without its wounds. Failures, and how one frames them, are the most decisive aspect of anyone’s trajectory in life."
-- Marian Rojas Estape
"If you are not happy now, there is no specific thing that you are going to purchase that will make you happy. Don’t confuse “having” with “being”. The media would tell you that having goods and services is the ultimate in this life. The reality is, having comes from doing; and doing comes from being. Resolve to be the kind of person you want to be who will then do the kinds of things that you wish to do in this life that can result in your having the things that you really want."
-- Jim Stovall
"All big things come from small beginnings. The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision. But as that decision is repeated, a habit sprouts and grows stronger. Roots entrench themselves and branches grow. The task of breaking a bad habit is like uprooting a powerful oak within us. And the task of building a good habit is like cultivating a delicate flower one day at a time."
-- James Clear
