Quotes on Overcoming Fear

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain but for the heart to conquer it.

It takes a lot more courage to let something go than it does to hang on to it, trying to make it better. Letting go doesn't mean ignoring a situation. Letting go means accepting what is, exactly as it is, without fear, resistance, or a struggle for control.

One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again.

Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown

Knowing what must be done does away with fear.

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told. I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing could vanquish me.

We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.

Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear.

We must travel in the direction of our fear.

There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance.

Courage is not the absence of fear — it s inspiring others to move beyond it.

Consult not your fears but your hopes _x000D_ and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential.

Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.

Everything you want is on the other side of fear.

There is no such thing as a faithless person; we either have faith in the power of love, or faith in the power of fear. For faith is an aspect of consciousness. Have faith in love, and fear will lose its power over you. Have faith in forgiveness, and your self-hatred will fall away. Have faith in miracles, and they will come to you.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.