Fear

"To win any battle, you must fight as if you are already dead"
- Miyamoto Musashi

"Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to 'die before you die' --- and find that there is no death."
- Eckhart Tolle

Persistence

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.

Talent will not:
nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

Genius will not;
unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.

Education will not:
the world is full of educated derelicts.

Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."

- Calvin Coolidge