Words worth keeping

A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.

Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.

Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.

Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it.

If you want to forget something or someone, never hate it, or never hate him/her. Everything and everyone that you hate is engraved upon your heart; if you want to let go of something, if you want to forget, you cannot hate.

Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

Fear cuts deeper than swords.

It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.

I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.