Quotes About Challenge

It takes a lot of adrenaline and fear to make me actually write.

The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what I've written, but to challenge my writing this story at all, speaks of what the book is about: fear of disapproval.

I have no fear in moving up (in weight) and fighting.

I'm starting to understand that fear is like cancer - you can beat it back, but if it returns, it can be worse than ever.

Where do you put the fear when you choose to innovate? The fear is there, but you have to find a place to put it.

I suffer from vertigo. It's paralyzing in extreme situations. The most scared I've been as an adult was trying to conquer that fear by going climbing in Wales.

Fear is not always a sin but it always is an opportunity.

Most pitchers fear losing their fastball and, since I don't have one, the only thing I have to fear is fear itself.

Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.

Fear is a great motivator.

Fear for a linchpin is a clue that you're getting close to doing something important.

I do not think you can get rid of the fear... but you can dance with it.

Then came a bigger fear. Not the threat of imminent injury, but the fear that if I didn't go back up, I would be a chickenshit forever.

I've never known fear; as a youth I fought/ In endless battles. I am old, now,/ But I will fight again, seek fame still,/ If the dragon hiding in his tower dares/ To face me

Successful contrarian investing requires us to live with discomfort, for being "wrong" and alone. But bargains do not exist in the absence of fear.

Fear is not negative. We should overcome all our fears and this in turn would make us stronger. As soon as we overcome our fears we can face any challenge.

When you combine boring with fear, you have fun.

To overcome any sort of fear is satisfying, and to overcome it well is even better.

What is courage without risk... It wouldn't really be courage, would it?

That which you fear the most will meet you half way.

It'll never go away until the fear you are running from is finally embraced.

Courage is a gas pedal and fear is a brake; when we go to our destination, we need both!

The only thing I fear on a golf course is lightning...and Ben Hogan.

Behind every flinch is a fear or an anxiety - sometimes rational, sometimes not. Without the fear, there is no flinch. But wiping out the fear isn't what's important - facing it is.