“I want to be the last person who ever kisses you… That sounds bad, like a death threat or something. What I’m trying to say is, you’re it. This is it for me.”— Rainbow Rowell, amazon.com
“Be sympathetic to the maker and realize that the mere act of putting yourself and your work out there takes courage.”— Sarah Urist Green, youtube.com
“So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.”— Sheryl Sandberg, amazon.com
“It's amazing what we can do when our passions meet a purpose greater than ourselves. And that's why we need to explore our curiosities, invest in more interests us, follow what intrigues us. Transformational ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. And that's why we're chasing genius.”— Jay Shetty, youtube.com
“One writes of scars healed, a loose parallel to the pathology of the skin, but there is no such thing in the life of an individual. There open wounds, shrunk sometimes to the size of a pinprick, but wounds still. The marks of suffering are more comparable to the loss of a finger, or of the sight of…”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com
“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”— Buddha, amazon.com
“There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose.”— Garth Stein, amazon.com
“In our hardships, we discover the courage not to succumb, not to retreat, but not to strike out in fear and anger.”— Jack Kornfield, twitter.com
“If you are ethereal by nature, you will feel it every day of your life. It takes great courage to dwell in this physical form.”— Sakura Rain, twitter.com
“I found that if I just don't run if I got rejected, I could actually turn a 'no' into a 'yes'. The magic word is 'why.'”— Jia Jang, youtube.com
“Make the move. Make the action. To everybody, to any person, tomorrow is new.”— Jack Ma, youtube.com
“Life is too short to hold yourself back from feeling something deeply and denying yourself from expressing that. Take risks. Be courageous.”— Gia Sison, twitter.com
“Always be brave. They may oppose your claims, they may doubt your motives, but nobody can question your courage.”— Shakira Sison, twitter.com
“I’m learning that hurt gives you courage, that faith gives you a foundation, that closing your eyes and letting life happen gives you peace.”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“I think this is what we all want to hear: that we are not alone in hitting the bottom, and that it is possible to come out of that place courageous, beautiful, and strong.”— Anna White, amazon.com