Confidence is what we get when we take fear, face it and replace it.

A worm of fear wriggled in Jaden’s stomach, and the ethereal assuredness he channeled moments before evaporated as the worm burrowed deeper. When he next spoke, his own voice of trapped hysteria broke through, the worm having reached journey’s end.

Mark felt eyes on him as tight as a sniper's aim.

The world we see is a painting colored by our fears and desires.

Criticism is just someone else’s opinion. Even people who are experts in their fields are sometimes wrong. It is up to you to choose whether to believe some of it, none of it, or all of it. What you think is what counts.

Doubt is the first ray of illumination