Quotes About Challenge

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.

Don't let your fear of failing triumph over the joy of participating.

Of all the things a leader should fear, complacency heads the list.

I wouldn't give a tinker's damn for a man who isn't sometimes afraid. Fear's the spice that makes it interesting to go ahead.

I'm motivated by fear. Fear of fear. I hate being scared to do something. And I think what developed in my early days was the attitude that I started attacking things that I was scared of.

Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing.

I'll repeat something you might consider tattooing on your forehead: What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.

We should never shy away from the challenges that face us out of fear of failure or an unwillingness to battle the odds. We should confront our problems head on and make no excuses.

Do something you fear, NOT to conquer the fear, NOT to accomplish a task, but to familiarize yourself with the processes with which fear protects itself, to demystify it.

To destroy guide-boards that point in the wrong direction . . . to drive the fiend of fear from the mind . . . is the task of the Freethinker.

Let me fall. Let me climb. There's a moment where fear and dream must collide.

Fear of failure is what fuels me, keeps me on edge and sharp. I'm not as good when I'm comfortable.

Do what you fear and your fear will die.

Sometimes we have to step out of our comfort zones. We have to break the rules. And we have to discover the sensuality of fear. We need to face it, challenge it, dance with it.

Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.

Courage never takes away fear; courage simply redistributes fear to get the job done.

Always question your fear, Anh. there's almost never a good reason to be scared.

The more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that that enterprise is important to us and to the growth of our soul.

A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you.

Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you don't know how it feels to lose it all.

The only way to get rid of the fear of doing something is to go out... and do it.

To dare is to do ... to fear is to fail.

I don't like the feeling, but I've got to say that a little fear makes me a more focused, more responsible programmer.

Fear is like the steam that fires the combustion engine. You need fear to get a performance going.