Quotes About Challenges

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.

Face the thing that seems overwhelming and you will be surprised how your fear will melt away.

One will never reach distant shores, if he chooses to remain upon the dock, In fear his little ship of dreams may be dashed against the rocks.

Running has taught me, perhaps more than anything else, that there's no reason to fear starting lines... or other new beginnings.

What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.

It's okay to be afraid. It's not okay to let the fear STOP you.

Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.

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

If you thought eighth grade was tough, try it with fangs and a fear of garlic.

It's OK to get butterfly in your stomach; the key is to learn how to make them fly in formation.

I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.

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

I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the South.

The 'Amazing' can only be created by facing fear, risk and failure during the process.

Strange times are these, in which we live, forsooth ; When young and old are taught in Falsehood's school:– And the man who dares to tell the truth, Is called at once a lunatic and fool.

The only thing we have to fear...is audiovisual glitches at our annual event.

You do not have to be fearless, just don't let fear stop you.

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

I have a level of fear going into every project, and that's what keeps me going.

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

We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure.

The ... irrational fear of communism is being deliberately used in many quarters to blind us to our real problems.

Fear not; the things that you are afraid of are quite likely to happen to you, but they are nothing to be afraid of.