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“Mediocrity is a path cleared by fear, leveled by apathy and paved by comfort.”
“One of the most terrifying things I fear is not my potential, but how much regret Ill die with should I never use it.”
“The paralyzing fear of being lost is fed solely by the irrational fear that we will never be found.”
“Gods eyes readily see beyond our actions, for our actions are simply fear and selfishness pretending to be us.”
“Most of our fears are borrowed. Since thats the case, we should get busy returning them.”
“The power of a thing is not based on the power it actually possesses. Rather, it is much more about the power that we permit it to possess.”
“To intentionally pass on opportunity is to intentionally pass on living.”
“If I am brave enough to stand against those who have been groomed by fear, I will recognize that where I get knocked down is all about where life begins, and has nothing to do with where it ends.”
“Loss is an invitation to a journey of unparalleled growth, yet we seldom RSVP the invitation.”
“We tend to deny our humanity because in accepting the fullness of it, we would need to confess how little weve done with it.”
“Comfort is a stance of avoidance rather than the pursuit of excellence.”
“I must look at the 'nature' of God, not the 'nature' of the challenge. For the former means everything and the latter means nothing.”
“Fear tells me that while there might be a host of people who wish to stand beside me in times of crisis, the tangled wreckage is sometimes so enormous that the best of their efforts leave them stra...”
“I cannot be afraid of being afraid. Rather, I need to realize that it is my fear that gives me the energy to wrestle that which I fear into the dirt that is soon to become the road underneath my feet.”
“The only reason I cant jump in and engage life is that Ive told myself I cant. Yet I cant helping wondering would happen if I told myself I could?”
“To seek the praise of men as our motivation is to abandon truly great things, for more often than not truly great things elicit the ire of men far more than they garner their praises.”
“I think that it is infinitely wiser to accept the fact that were afraid, for in accepting our fear we are in no way granting it the power to crush us. Rather we are finally empowering ourselves suf...”
“Why is it that none of the things I construct ever make me feel safe? The answer lies in the fact that safety cant be created. It can only be found. And the only thing I've found thats never been c...”
“Bravery is not found in getting knocked down. Rather, bravery is found is getting back up knowing that youre going to get knocked down again.”
“I often ask to what place I am running, for if I am unable to identify that place it is likely that I am running in a circle of the most circular sort.”
