“Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is feeling fear, recognizing fear, and still taking action.”- Daisaku Ikeda, Discussions on Youth
You don't need to stop feeling afraid - you just need to act anyway, even when your hands are shaking.
“Be the kind of person who, when your feet hit the floor in the morning, makes the devil say, 'Oh no, they're up!'”- Daisaku Ikeda, Youth and the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
How you start your day signals to every obstacle in your life whether it should take you seriously or not.
“No matter what happens, I will not be defeated. I will not run away. I will not complain. I will not be negative. I will keep advancing.”- Daisaku Ikeda, The New Human Revolution, Vol. 1
When everything is falling apart, the single most powerful decision you can make is to simply refuse to stop moving.
“The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.”- Daisaku Ikeda, For Today and Tomorrow
The hardest battle you will ever fight is the one happening inside you - and winning it changes everything around you.
“A great human revolution in just a single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a nation and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of all humankind.”- Daisaku Ikeda, The Human Revolution
When you feel too small to matter, remember that every large-scale change in history started with one person deciding to be different.
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