Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond
measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that
most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to
be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you NOT to be?

You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't
serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about
shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure
around you. We are born to make manifest the glory
of God that is within us.

It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously
give other people permission to do the same. As we
are liberated from our own fear, our presence
automatically liberates others.

Nelson Mandela
1994 Inaugural Speech