If our faith be worth trying, it will be tested. Gilt is afraid of fire, but gold is not. — Charles Spurgeon

For want of reflection, that we make a nothing of eternity, and an eternity of nothing. — Pascal

Oh, breathe, oh, sink — O love, live into me. — George MacDonald

And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, if there were no danger in the lakes. — C.S. Lewis

I fear a cage. To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them and all chance of valor has gone beyond recall or desire. — J.R.R. Tolkien (Eowyn)

The most frightening enemy is the one you admire. — Dune

Great spirits have always enountered violent opposition from mediocre minds — Albert Einstein

Though my soul may set in darkness it will rise in perfect light,

I have loved the stars to fondly to be fearful of the night. — Sarah Williams

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief… and unspeakable love. — Washington Irving

It is the image of God reflected in you that so enrages hell; it is this at which the demons hurl their mightiest weapons. — William Gurnall

I always marvel at the human’s ability to keep going. They always manage to stagger on even with tears streaming down their faces. — Death, Book Thief

Fear is consciousness plus life. Regret is an attempt to avoid what has already happened. Toast is bread held under direct heat until crisp. The present tense of regret is indecision. The future tense of fear is either comedy or tragedy. The past tense of toast is toasted. — Welcome to Nightvale

I’d cut my soul into a million tiny pieces to form a constellation to light your way home. I’d write love poems to the parts of yourself you can’t stand. I’d stand in the shadows of your heart and tell you I’m not afraid of your dark. — Andrea Gibson

Promise me you’ll always remember — you’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think. — Christopher Robin

Find a safe place to hide until you find your brave, then come out swinging. — Tom Hiddleston

Wicked people never have time for reading. It’s one of the reasons for their wickedness. — Lemony Snickett

We please Him most, not by frantically trying to make urselves good, but by throwing ourselves into His arms with all our imperfections and believing He understands everything — and still loves us. — A.W. Tozer

Whatever makes you weird is probably your greatest asset. — Joss Whedon

In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. — Harry Oliver

She delighted in seeing her plan upset by unexpected events, saing that it gave her great comfort, and that she looked on such things as an assurance that God was twatching over her stewardship, was securing the accomplishment of His will, and working out His own designs. — The Life and Letters of Janet Erskine Stewart

O God, take my heart, for I cannot give it; and when Thou hast it, keep it, for I cannot keep it for Thee; and save me in spite of myself. — Fenelon

I just give myself permission to suck. I find this hugely liberating. — John Green

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. — Marie Curie

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. — Eric Hoffer

There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them. — Sherlock Holmes

Courage, dear heart. — Aslan

He said, “You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easy, or hahve sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.” — The Velveteen Rabbit

We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free. — Kavita Ramdas