About this quote

Bravery keeps life from shrinking into safe routine. If you refuse every risk you protect comfort but stop changing. Ask yourself which small fear you keep as an excuse. Pick one clear action this week: name that fear and do something about it within 24 hours.

When to use it

• Work: before I pitch a risky project to the CEO, I say this line aloud so I don't cancel the meeting.
• Study: in grad school I nearly deleted an email asking a professor for feedback, then I remembered the quote and hit send.
• Health: in physical therapy I used the line to push through a scary step and do one more set of exercises.
• Family: when I needed to talk money with my partner, I thought of the quote and spoke up instead of staying quiet.