Preparation, mastery, can help you overcome your fear, but mastery alone is not enough. There has to be something you want that’s worth more to you than your fear.
Use half as many words and they'll hit twice as hard.
Turning the other cheek isn't submissive. It's defiant.
Passion doesn't create commitment; commitment creates passion. To what are you committed?
A meaningless statement remains meaningless no matter how often it's heard.
You see a person when you look in the mirror that no one sees but you. Other people see a person when they look at you, but you're not that person, either.