Worry retards reaction and makes clear-cut decisions impossible.

–Amelia Earhart

P.S. Let’s file this under the “mom’s are always right category,” who regularly reminds me that worry accomplishes nothing.

Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.

–Gail Sheehy, writer and lecturer

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

–Coco Chanel

Your opponent, in the end, is never really the player on the other side of the net, or the swimmer in the next lane, or the team on the other side of the field, or even the bar you must high-jump. Your opponent is yourself, your negative internal voices, your level of determination.

–Grace Lichtenstein, journalist