“The 'as if' principle works. Act 'as if' you were not afraid and you will become courageous, 'as if' you could and you will find you can. Act 'as if' you like a person and you will find a friendship.”
“If you want a quality, act as if you already have it. If you want to be courageous, act as if you were - and as you act and persevere in acting, so you tend to become.”
“If you act for self-gain then no good can come of it. If you act selflessly, then you act well for all and you must not be afraid.”
“If you act like you can do something, then it will work.”
“Courage is like—it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.”
“What if love wasn't the act of finding what you were missing but the give-and-take that made you both match?”