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 brillant, 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 people won't
feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.
It is not just in some of us; it is 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