Courage

When the fear comes from a place of wanting to follow through with a passion, something you believe in — it's real good. If you aren't scared, be worried.

You were never Little Red Riding Hood. You were always the wolf.

Failure is not something to be ashamed of, it's something to be powered by. Failure is the highest octane fuel your life can run on.

Everyone gets knocked down. What matters is whether you get back up and keep going.

This is a battle-hardened hope, tempered by loss and clear-eyed about the stakes.

No just cause is futile, even if it's lost. What matters is to keep going, no matter what. Keep going.

The real version of this was that I was heartbroken, and I was scared, and I had no idea if I was doing the right thing.

In the moment, you don't know how important a story is going to be. In the moment, you don't know if you're fighting because you're right, or if you're fighting because your ego, and your desire to win, and your notion of yourself as the hero in your own story are clouding your judgment.

Trust that inner voice. Because more than ever we need people to be guided by their own senses of principle — and not the whims of a culture that prizes ambition, and sensationalism, and celebrity, and vulgarity, and doing whatever it takes to win.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path, and leave a trail.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path, and leave a trail.

You have to have insane confidence in yourself, even if it's not real. You need to be your own cheerleader now, because there isn't a room full of people waiting with pom-poms to tell you you did it.