Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, who am I to b brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God - Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not
feel insecure around you,

We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It is not in just some of us; it is in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give people
permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Nelson Mandela
Inaugural speech 1994