Every time we choose courage, we make everyone around us a little better and the world a little braver. And our world could stand to be a little kinder and braver.

Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are.

Don't try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.

Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.

Daring greatly means the courage to be vulnerable. It means to show up and be seen. To ask for what you need. To talk about how you're feeling. To have the hard conversations.

What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.

Believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic.

Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it - it can't survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy... When we bury our story, the shame metastasizes.

When we deny our stories, They define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.

Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.

My father chose my name, and my last name was chosen by my ancestors . That’s enough, I myself choose my way

Chris book focuses on the author’s strong belief- America is only one generation away from new heights of greatness.

I'm pretty good at gardening. It consumes my time, and it feels like I'm doing something constructive.

You aren't nearly through this adventure yet.

One's obligation every day, is to choose to follow the nobler one.

Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.

If your habits don't line up with your dream, then you need to either change your habits or change your dream

The essence of education is not to stuff you with facts but to help you discover your uniqueness, to teach you how to develop it, and then to show you how to give it away.

Bad day?" "Every day is a bad day here." "Eh, this place isnt't so terrible." "How are you always cheerful?" "Alcohol," he says with a sideways grin.

As the rising sun melts thinly frozen ice, so the Japanese Army is overcoming Chinese troops.