“Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it … one must have the courage to dare.”
"Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded."
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Awareness
"The darker the night, the brighter the stars."
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Hope
"To live without Hope is to Cease to live."
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Hope
"Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment, and things left unsaid."
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Adversity
"Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart."
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Adversity
"You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute."
- Tina Fey
Taking Risks
"You cannot plow a field by turning it over in your mind. To begin, begin."
- Gordon B. Hinckley
Taking Risks
"Do not wait for the perfect time and place to enter, for you are already onstage."
Taking Risks
"If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more."
- Erica Jong
Taking Risks
"If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever."
- Thomas Aquinas
Taking Risks