Quotes About Fearlessness

If you want to change things, it requires bravery.

I've never been shy about big ideas.

If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.

Once upon a time, I was very shy and you wouldn't even see me in a room. Then, when I was 16, I made the conscious decision to not be afraid of anything - this was about the time I picked up the bagpipes too - and my life pretty much changed forever.

I was literally so different that I could not hide or be shy.

I've gone into cage matches, I've gone into Ultimate X, and I've said this before: I know exactly what I've signed up for, and I'm not afraid of anything in front of me, and I'm willing to do anything and whatever it takes to come out with my hand raised.

I'm not going to run or be silent for fear of keeping a fan base.

Don't be afraid to look silly. You are only holding yourself back if you are afraid of looking silly or failing.

I wasn't really naked. I simply didn't have any clothes on.

I'm simply not afraid. It's not in my dictionary of behaviour.

Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional, crazy heart.

And they knew that when battle came, he would take his place not safely in the rear, but in the front rank, at the hottest and most perilous spot on the field.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, magic, and power in it. Begin it now.

Crazy,' says Paddy Mayne, 'is our business.

The opposite of fear is love—love of the challenge, love of the work, the pure joyous passion to take a shot at our dream and see if we can pull it off.

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.

Someone once asked the Spartan king Leonidas to identify the supreme warrior virtue from which all others flowed. He replied: Contempt for death. For us as artists, read failure. Contempt for failure is our cardinal virtue.

Start before you're ready. Good things happen when we start before we're ready. For one thing, we show huevos. Our blood heats up. Courage begets more courage. The gods, witnessing our boldness, look on in approval.

The inner critic? His ass is not permitted in the building. Set forth without fear and without self-censorship. When you hear that voice in your head, blow it off. This draft is not being graded. There will be no pop quiz.

Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional, crazy heart. If your notion violates every precept I've set forth in these pages, tell me to go to hell. Do what that voice says.

Someone once asked the Spartan king Leonidas to identify the supreme warrior virtue from which all others flowed. He replied: "Contempt for death."   For us as artists, read "failure.

Boldness has genius, magic, and power in it. Begin it now.

Remember: There's no such thing as a mistake in the kitchen, just a new recipe waiting to be discovered!)

If you must err, do so on the side of audacity.