“The greatest shackles we bear in thislife are those forged by our own fears”
“Some chains are forged for us - those are the hardest to bear.”
“It is more difficult by far to be independent of our own inner shackles than it is of the shackles that others might place upon us.”
“One of life’s greatest ironies is that we try so much to avoid the challenges and pitfalls, only to realize these are the very things which forge our character.”
“We are our own greatest surprise.”
“For neither our greatest fears nor our greatest hopes are beyond the limits of our strength--we are able in the end both to dominate the first and to achieve the second.”