The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Hares can gambol over the body of a dead lion.
A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.
You have to recognize when the right place and the right time fuse and take advantage of that opportunity. There are plenty of opportunities out there. You can't sit back and wait.
For the most part, fear is nothing but an illusion. When you share it with someone else, it tends to disappear.