Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.

When we are succeeding - that is, when we have begun to overcome our self-doubt and self-sabotage, when we are advancing in our craft and evolving to a higher level - that's when panic strikes. When we experience panic, it means that we're about to cross a threshold. We're poised on the doorstep of a higher plane.

When we conquer our fears, we discover a boundless, bottomless, inexhaustible well of passion.

The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.

Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.

Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.

We come into this world with a specific, personal destiny. We have a job to do, a calling to enact, a self to become. We are who we are from the cradle, and we're stuck with it.