Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It’s not just in some of us, it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. 656
Many people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could. 704
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. 774
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. 684
Whatever you can do, or dream you can. Begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now. 743
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too can become great. 794
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream 720
