Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell.

Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It read more

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. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you read more

I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.

There are two levers for moving men -- interest and fear.

There are two levers for moving men -- interest and fear.

One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.

One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.

Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.

Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and read more

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.