Doing the right thing almost always takes courage, just as discipline is impossible without the wisdom to know what is worth choosing.

Roosevelt’s niece, Eleanor, later talked about doing the thing you cannot do. It is almost always the thing you should do. When something tells you that you’re not allowed. When someone tells you that you’ll regret your decision. When the pit in your stomach makes you hesitate. But what will our customers think? But what if our competitors use this

First, we are called to rise above our fear and cowardice. Next, we are called to bravery, over the elements, over the odds, over our limitations. Finally, we are called to heroism, perhaps for only just a single magnificent moment, when we are called to do something for someone other than ourselves.

False impressions that feel real.

The family will never get started if all the couple can think about is how hard it’s going to be.

In the fable “The Golden Key,” the Old Man of the Earth shows a young boy the reality of the world, that there is no progress without risk.

Courage is risk. It is sacrifice . . . . . . commitment . . . perseverance . . . truth . . . determination.

Because there has never been a person who did something that mattered without pissing people off.

As the song goes, even if you choose not to decide—even if you put things off—you still have made a choice. You are voting for the status quo. You are voting to let them decide. You are voting to give up your own agency.