Quotes About Adversity

Ju jitsu is very Buddhist. All that we fear we hold close to ourselves to survive. So if you're drowning and you see a corpse floating by, hang on to it because it will rescue you.

Never fear another challenger, no matter how large; Never despise another challenger, no matter how small.

Never fear a job, always respect it, and always leave yourself a hind door to escape. May your hind door always be open.

Find out what a person fears most and that is where he will develop next.

Playing rugby at school I once fell on a loose ball and, through ignorance and fear, held on despite a fierce pummelling. After that it took me months to convince my team-mates I was a coward.

Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up

I'm alone and outgunned, scared and inexperienced, but I'm right.

Pain is Pain. Broken is Broken. FEAR is the Biggest Disability of all. And will PARALYZE you More Than Being in a Wheelchair.

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.

Courage is feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

A drop in the ocean has no fear of a hurricane.

Like the Spitfire it was immensely strong: a pilot had no need to fear the danger of pulling the wings off, no matter how desperate the situation became.

The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.

Fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.

I never fear my opponent, for me he only represents a new challenge to conquer.

It is not a matter of being fearless. The fear is sometimes constant, but it's about moving forward regardless of the fear. Courage means feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

What we fear we often rage against.

Courage is the facing of a challenge with a healthy fear, not being fearless.

Fear is a bigger disability than having no arms and no legs.

I know the bottom, she says. I know it with my great tap root: It is what you fear. I do not fear it: I have been there.

Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed.

Mankind owns four things that are no good at sea: rudder, anchor, oars and the fear of going down.

Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.