Quotes About Fear

Fear was about possibilities. Not things that happened. Things that might.

Being brave is when you have to do something because you know it is right, but at the same time, you are afraid to do it, because it might hurt or whatever. But you do it anyway.

Am I getting braver, or just getting accustomed to being terrified?

Write about the thing that scares you most or your most private confession and you'll never have a problem coming up with decent fiction.

Fear and self-doubt are the deadly enemies of creativity. Don't invite either into your mind.

There is a place where there is freedom of fear and doubt, and that is within.

The light of day showed you the limits of possibility. But walk through the dark, the absolute, total darkness, and the possibilities were limitless.

Pushing through fear is less frightening than living with the fear which comes from the feeling of helplessness.

To fear retirement is to fear life.

Real security is contemplating death, not pretending it doesn't exist.

Even the lucky ones, who do manage to become happy by attaining their goals, live each day in fear of losing whatever it is they may have gained.

Physical circumstance will not cause happiness. Or if it does, there is the fear of loss. Now you are a slave to it. You have become bound to it.

Don't run away from the world. The world is God. Don't run towards the world. God is the void. Don't be afraid of the complexities of this life, nor the stark simplicity of death.

Most unsuccessful people let their fears and doubts have the final say in how they live their lives.

Anybody who's really successful has doubts.

Plan and execute your first failure so that you no longer have to fear it.

What's exciting about using our mind is that we can short circuit all the excuses thrown up by our fears.

I thought if I could face the worst danger voluntarily, and triumph, I would forever have power over it.

As I like to say, take the shot, even if your knees are shaking.

I have a personal motto that I live by, which is feel the fear and do it anyway. If you fail, you get up and you keep trying again.

My mama taught me that anything worth doing in life should be a little scary.

Most fears in life rarely come to fruition.

For the ocean is big and my boat is small. Find the courage.

Without an uninvestigated story, there's only the perfection of life appearing as itself. You can always go inside and find the beauty that's revealed after the pain and fear are understood.