"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, talented, fabulous?"
Actually who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that others won't feel insecure around you.
We were all meant to shine like children do.
To make manifest the glory of God that is within us all.
Its not just in some of us; its in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
We unconcsiously give permission for others to do the same,
As we are liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others"

by Maryanne Williamson and used by Nelson Mandela in his 1994 inaugural speech