"Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context."

Courage, Determination, Care, Energy

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"Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context."

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"We can overcome the uncertainties in life with courage and hope."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Courage, Overcome, Uncertainties, Life

"It's too risky", said doubters. "It's too difficult", said scoffers. "It's pointless", said mockers. "It's impossible", said haters. "It's already done", said believers."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"When people do the cowardly thing, it's not about respect, it's about fear."

Salman Rushdie, Indian Novelist

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"Fear is not respect. It is but a conniving, little weasel next to that mighty lion. They are a far, far cry from the same animal."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

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"When you break rules, break 'em good and hard."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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"A mighty storm is inconsequential when facing a mighty ship."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain but teaches us at every step the precarious tenure on which we hold our present being."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"Small men oft feel a need to prove their courage with unseemly boasts," he declared. "I doubt if he could kill a duck."Tyrion shrugged. "Fetch the duck."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

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"We need courage to take ourselves seriously, to look closely and without flinching, to regard the things that frighten us in life and art with wonder."

Elizabeth Gilbert, American Novelist

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Explore more quotes by Margaret J. Wheatley

"Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die."

Life

"We know from science that nothing in the universe exists as an isolated or independent entity."

Science

"For example, I was discussing the use of email and how impersonal it can be, how people will now email someone across the room rather than go and talk to them. But I don't think this is laziness, I think it is a conscious decision people are making to save time."

Time

"Yet we act as if simple cause and effect is at work. We push to find the one simple reason things have gone wrong. We look for the one action, or the one person, that created this mess. As soon as we find someone to blame, we act as if we've solved the problem."

Work

"Hopelessness has surprised me with patience."

Patience

"For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing to do good work, wanting to contribute their ideas, ready to take responsibility, and leaders holding them back, insisting that they wait for decisions or instructions."

Work

"And time for reflection with colleagues is for me a lifesaver; it is not just a nice thing to do if you have the time. It is the only way you can survive."

Time

"Most people associate command and control leadership with the military."

Leadership

"When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans."

Anger

"I'm sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st century companion, leadership has taken a great leap backwards to the familiar territory of command and control."

Leadership