Facing Fears Quotes

"Do not fear failure. Dare to fail in order to find ways to succeed."

- Lailah Gifty Akita

"You're gonna need a bigger boat."

- Jaws (1975)

"Is it safe?"

- Marathon Man (1976)

"We avoid the things that we’re afraid of because we think there will be dire consequences if we confront them. But the truly dire consequences in our lives come from avoiding things that we need to learn about or discover."

- Shakti Gawain

"You will always be challenged in this life. How you go about the conversations in your head is the only thing that will save you. The conversation is always more difficult than the challenge itself."

- Melissa Alcantara aka FitGurlMel

"The scariest moment is always just before you start."

- Stephen King

"I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged."

- Erica Jong

"You know how I always dread the whole year? Well, this time I'm only going to dread one day at a time."

- Charlie Brown

"Your new start is only as far away as your fear has parked it."

- Craig D. Lounsbrough

"Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear."

- Bernard Law Montgomery

"Discipline is about facing your fears so you can conquer them. Discipline means taking the hard road— the uphill road."

- Jocko Willink

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

- Frank Herbert

"Panic causes tunnel vision. Calm acceptance of danger allows us to more easily assess the situation and see the options."

- Simon Sinek

"He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears."

- Michel de Montaigne

"Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it."

- Judy Blume

"The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one."

- John C. Maxwell

"We all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure."

- Nick Saban

"Don’t be afraid to be afraid."

- Maurice Chevalier

"Fear is the mind killer."

- Frank Herbert

"[Slow breathing] is like an anchor in the midst of an emotional storm: The anchor won't make the storm goes away, but it will hold you steady until it passes."

- Russ Harris

"Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power"

- Oprah Winfrey

"If it makes you nervous, you're doing it right."

- Childish Gambino

"I've practiced and practiced and played so many times. There's nothing truly to be afraid of when you think about it. … I've failed before, and I woke up the next morning, and I'm OK."

- Kobe Bryant

"The manager's a vampire. He wanted me to join the Legion of the Undead."

- Nani

"My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart, concealing it, will break."

- William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”

"You know you’re getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It’s like, ‘see if you can blow this out.’"

- Jerry Seinfeld

"That’s my secret, Cap. I’m always angry."

- Bruce Banner

"I don’t think you’re human if you don’t get nervous."

- Sidney Crosby

"I don’t run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet."

- Nadia Comaneci

"Fear of Striking Out"