Boldness is the only virtue the gods admire because they being all powerful, they have nothing to fear and therefore the only one they can never have.
There is a force beyond fear. More powerful than self-preservation. You glimpsed it today, in a crude and unself-aware form, yes. But it was there and it was genuine.
Steven Pressfield • Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
There is nothing worth doing that is not scary. There is no one who has achieved greatness without wrestling with their own doubts, anxieties, limitations, and demons.
Ryan Holidayx.comMaybe all powerful men are cowards at heart, because in their hearts they know power is temporary.