In 1863, Browne created a series of fake testimonials for some lectures he was performing, including a fictitious blurb from one “O. Quote Investigator traced the expression to 19th century humorist Charles Farrar Browne, also known as Artemus Ward. It’s a very diplomatic phrase, but Lincoln never said it. “People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.” - not Abraham Lincoln In fact, it’s not quite clear how the statesman was given credit, except that people think it’s the kind of thing he might have said.ģ. Some people find the lines inspiring, but there’s no connection with Mandela. We are all meant to shine, as children do.” There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.

Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. The full quote is: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

According to Quote Investigator, the phrase first appeared in chapter seven of Williamson’s 1992 bestseller, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles. The phrase originated with Marianne Williamson, the New Age guru and erstwhile 2020 presidential candidate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.' - not Nelson Mandela Credit: mark reinstein/ ShutterstockĪnti-apartheid hero and former South African president Nelson Mandela never said this. 'Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

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