Quotes About Fear

I always get scared doing a job. To this day, I start every job thinking, I really can't do this. And what I do when I'm insecure is I tighten up. If you work through the night you can do anything.

I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.

Nothing can be so quick and sudden as the operations of the mind, especially when hope, or fear, or jealousy, to which the other two are but journeymen, set it to work.

My work ethic came from my parents and my fear of failure. I came from a small, predominantly black school and I didn't want to let them down.

People are afraid of failure - they don't like to work so hard and have people keep saying, 'No.' I think that's what people fear most.

I find fear is a great motivator to work hard.

I'm terribly afraid of failure. When your identity is wrapped up in writing and you've written something that doesn't work, it's a tough pill to swallow.

I hate flying. Know why? Because no one really understands how planes actually work.

All of my unconscious fears were in my face about letting go of the current identity. A lot of the thoughts that came up were fear-based and false, so I had to work to let them go.

It's always really scary to release new work.

You should go to work every day a little bit nervous.

I didn't make 'The Sixth Sense' because I thought the ending wouldn't work!

When you're in front of an audience, you know if it didn't work. I get very nervous and have a fear of failure that is much more profound than in the podcast world.

A lot of tournaments that I can remember I made a few bad shots and I was afraid I would lose the tournament and it seemed to work, the putts seemed to go in. Just the Desire.

I do not like to work and have no trade but i do like to eat, so this is basic, the basic training of slaves to fear.

If I spent my time worrying about what other people would think of my work, I would be too self-conscious to write.

I think I'm scared a lot. I'm scared of almost everything. And I'm constantly trying to work my way through each obstacle, whether it's a present, past, or future relationship.

A short-order cook, just off work, makes easy tracking for lions and worse

Understand your fears and then work to conquer them.

I think my work is influenced by the fact that we're living in dangerous times. If I could put it in a sentence, in fact, my work is about just that: living in dangerous times.

There are many comedians who are afraid to work outside the coasts and the casinos because they're afraid they'll bomb.

It has never been easy for me to understand why people work so hard to create something beautiful, but then refuse to share it with anyone, for fear of criticism.

The abuser knows where you work. Even if a woman goes underground at night, the abuser knows where to find her during the day.

For horror to work, you have to be afraid. You have to keep the monster in a black and white light.