In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.

Rollo May

The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.

Steven Pressfield

The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

Tacitus, Roman historian

Don't move the way fear makes you move. Move the way love makes you move. Move the way joy makes you move.

Osho

Your fears are a kind of prison that confines you within a limited range of action. The less you fear, the more power you will have and the more fully you will live.

Robert Greene

Giving birth should be your greatest achievement not your greatest fear.

Jane Weideman