Though there is much we still want, there is much we already have, and that means we have much to lose as well. It’s that potential loss that can keep us bound so tightly that we never reach our biggest dreams, because the biggest dreams require the most risk.

Fear is for the powerless. Fear is for the alone. But as you stand together now, you are neither of those. Together, you amplify each other’s strengths; you nullify each other’s weaknesses.

Trust is not a gasoline-soaked blanket that succumbs to the matches of betrayal, never able to be used for its warmth again; it’s a tapestry that wears thin in places, but can be patched over if you have the right materials, circumstances, and patience to repair it. If you don’t, you’re always the one who feels the coldest when winter comes.

Trust is always a risk, but when placed in the right people after a trial period where they prove themselves worthy of it, it is a reward transcendent of all the emotional mire that bogs down a person’s potential.

The lion does not need the whole world to fear him, only those nearest where he roams.

Sometimes to submit is to know you have a life worth living for a higher purpose, worth seeing through.

Once you start settling, and letting others control your life, it can quickly become a habit, so it’s best to avoid such things altogether.

In the grand scheme of life, nobody grows old keeping their soul unblemished.

Emperors are not made from cowards; they are made from those who take great risk where there stands to be even greater gain.