Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear.

The willingness to do creates the ability to do.

Acceptance is not a state of passivity or inaction. We are not saying you can't change the world, right wrongs or replace evil with good. Acceptance is, in fact, the first step to successful action. If you don't fully accept a situation precisely the way it is, you will have difficulty changing it.

When people don't understand that being uncomfortable is part of the process of achievement, they use the discomfort as a reason not to do. They don't get what they want. We must learn to tolerate discomfort in order to grow.

The more severe the pain or illness, the more severe will be the necessary changes. These may involve breaking bad habits, or acquiring some new and better ones.

If our early lessons of acceptance were as successful as our early lessons of anger how much happier we would all be.

Life is not a struggle. It's a wiggle.