It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.

It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats.

It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

The only real failure in life is the failure to try.

The only real failure in life is the failure to try.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

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.

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

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

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