Lailah Gifty Akita Quote

I need to stop running back to you in my mind all the time.

Risk is the clue that our dreams are both real and great.

A bird that fears turbulence will never know how high it can fly.

Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.

A step towards what you fear is a mile towards mastering it.

Self-pity is spiritual suicide. It is an indefensible self-mutilation of the soul.

The restless adventurer within me stands eye-to-eye with the fear that has stepped directly in my path. And the thing I absolutely must not do is to blink first.

A person willing to fly in the face of reason, authority, and common sense must be a person of considerable self-assurance. Since he occurs only rarely, he must seem eccentric (in at least that respec...

The louder the dogs bark the less a lion feels threatened.

Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.