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In game play it was always my philosophy that patience would win out. By that, I meant patience to follow our game plan. If we believed in it, we would wear the opposition down and would eventually get to them. If we broke away from our style, however, and played their style, we would be in trouble. And if we let our emotions, rather than our reason, command the game we would not function effectively.
— John Wooden
All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.
— John Wooden
Nobody can always have devout feelings: and even if we could, feelings are not what God principally cares about.
— CS Lewis
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
— Victor Hugo
Most of our decisions are driven by either love or fear. Figure out who's doing the talking, then decide what you'll do.
— Bob Goff
When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it.
— Pema Chodron
Anxiety and fear are cousins but not twins. Fear sees a threat. Anxiety imagines one.
— Max Lucado
Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
— Ignatius of Loyola
Farm animals feel pleasure and sadness, excitement and resentment, depression, fear, and pain. They are far more aware and intelligent than we ever imagined...they are individuals in their own right.
— Jane Goodall
Our problem is not to be rid of fear but rather to harness and master it.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The acrid scents of autumn, Reminiscent of slinking beasts, make me fear
— DH Lawrence