Quotes About Adversity

You want to be a hero? Learn to create certainty in the face of fear.

I completely lost everything, but I gained everything because I lost the fear.

The hero and the coward both feel exactly the same fear, only the hero confronts his fear and converts it into fire.

Fear is something you have to throw into a corner. Constantly. Because it never goes away.

Overcoming fear doesn't have to be skydiving, if you're afraid of heights. Overcoming fear is an everyday thing. We do it all day long.

It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.

The very thing you fear could be the best thing to ever happen to you

Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.

Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from.

When you are gripped by fear in the face of an experience that will take you beyond your comfort zone, you may be at a point of supreme opportunity. You can either break down or break through.

This great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.

But that inadequacy, or feeling of inadequacy, never really goes away. You just have to trudge ahead in the rain, regardless.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.

If leaders don't have an antidote for fear they will be crushed by it. What is your antidote?

Running from your fear can be more painful than facing it, for better or worse.

When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear.

Fear is for the enemy. Fear and bullets.

We grow fearless by walking into our fears.

You see something scary, you should stand up and step toward it, not away from it. Instinctively, reflexively, in a raging fury.

There is nothing like tasting the grit of fear for rediscovering that the umbilical cord is made of piano wire.

Lots of people misunderstand this. They think not experiencing fear means they're courageous. Bravery isn't about not being afraid, it's about persevering despite your fears.

Don't be afraid of failure. Never fear it because there's always a lesson if you're open to it. There's always a lesson at the end of it. Always.

Bravely overcoming one small fear gives you the courage to take on the next.