Quotes: Mark Twain

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

–– Mark Twain (1835-1910), pen name of Samuel Clemens, American writer 

via Commonplace Book 2006-2009, 2007, p. 132.

Quotes: Rachel Joyce

"They had offered him comfort and shelter, even when he was afraid of taking them, and in accepting he had learned something new. It was as much a gift to receive as it was to give, requiring as it did both courage and humility."

–– Rachel Joyce (b. 1962), British writer

Source: Rachel Joyce. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Canada: Bond Street Books (Random House Canada), 2012; p. 201.

via: Commonplace Book, 2013-2014, 2014, p. 96. 

Quotes: Alonzo Newton Benn

"Courage to start and willingness to keep everlasting at it are the requisites for success." 

–– Alonzo Newton Benn (1866-1956), American author and musician 

via: Commonplace Book 1999-2001, 2001.

Quotes: Brad Smith

"Face your fears and your fears will disappear." 

–– Brad Smith (b. 1959), American lawyer

via: Commonplace Book 1999-2001, 2001. 

Quotes: Glennon Doyle

"Be messy and complicated and afraid and show up anyway." 

–– Glennon Doyle (b. 1976), American author and public speaker

via: Art Alternatives Knapsack Sketchbook 2017-2018 d, 2017, p. 21. 

Women's quotes: Georgia O'Keeffe

"To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage." 

 –– Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), American artist 

via: Sketchbook 30, 2017, p. 47.

Women's quotes: Teresita Fernández

"Our work as artists is courageous and scary. There is no brief that comes along with it, no problem solving that's given as a task ... An artist's work is almost entirely inquiry based and self-regulated. It is a fragile process of teaching oneself to work alone, and focusing on how to hone your quirky creative obsessions so that they eventually become so oddly specific that they can only be your own."

–– Teresita Fernández (b. 1968), American sculptor 

via: Sketchbook 29, 2016, p. 70.

Quotes: Joseph Chilton Pearce

"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong." 

–– Joseph Chilton Pearce (1926-2016), American author, lecturer 

via: Sketchbook 27, 2015, p. 116.

Quotes: Ernest Hemingway

"The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed."  

–– Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American writer and journalist 

via: Sketchbook A, 2017, p. 47.

Quotes: Georgia O'Keeffe

"I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life, and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do." 

–– Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), American artist 

via: Sketchbook 20, 2013, p. 90

Creativity quotes: Erich Fromm

"Creativity requires the courage to let go of uncertainties." 

–– Erich Fromm (1900-1980), German social psychologist, sociologist, psychoanalyst, philosopher and author

Black History quotes: Rosa Parks

"To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try." 

–– Rosa Parks (1913-2005), American civil rights activist