I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do.
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
Your playing small does not serve the world. Who are you not to be great?
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.
You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure about you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain but for the heart to conquer it.
Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.
Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.
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