Overcoming Fear Quotes

I find it ironic that fear is eliminating the possibility to tell stories that depict our ability to overcome fear ~ Gore Verbinski

Only by fully experiencing fear, can you ever hope to control it. ~ Wayne Gerard Trotman

Confront your fears, list them, get to know them, and only then will you be able to put them aside and move ahead. ~ Jerry Gillies

I think that the great part of creativity is overcoming fear. Fear is a given. When you sit down and have to begin something, don't be afraid to be filled with fear, because it goes with the turf. ~ Jerry Goldsmith

If we want to overcome fear, we must mentally deny fear and concentrate on the opposite quality, courage. The positive always overcomes the negative. The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war. ~ Vishnudevananda Saraswati

The best way to neutralise fear is by laughing. You can see the dynamics of this in action when people watch a horror movie. You'll notice that immediately after a good fright, following the sceams of terror - which is the point of maximum experience of fear - people will always laugh immediately afterward, as this is the natural way to release the fear. By laughing at something you also take away the perception that it has any power over you. ~ Dean Frazer

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear. ~ Corrie Ten Boom

Overcoming fear doesn't have to be skydiving, if you're afraid of heights. Overcoming fear is an everyday thing. We do it all day long. ~ Geoff Johns

Inside every woman, is a crazy girl. And we all know what I'm talking about. That part of you that is entangled with insecurities, fears, and absolute insanity! The art of femininity lies in the molding, pounding, and defeating of that crazy girl on a daily basis! Look at any woman, and you're looking at a woman fighting a daily battle, wielding her weapons in war, every day! I have said it before and I'll say it again: it is never easy being a woman! And if we could only pound that crazy, insecure girl out of ourselves, it would make such the difference! ~ C. JoyBell C.

If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now. ~ Marcus Aurelius

Fear can make a moth seem the size of a bull elephant. ~ Stephen Richards

Tell me, who have never be knocked down by life's circumstances? ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Compassion practice is daring. It involves learning to relax and allow ourselves to move gently toward what scares us. The trick to doing this is to stay with emotional distress without tightening into aversion, to let fear soften us rather than harden into resistance. ~ Pema Chodron

Chosing to stay in the moment, is choosing to be free from fear. ~ Dean Frazer

The riveting moral power of the Arab Spring comes from its homegrown quality. This is about Arabs overcoming fear to become agents of their own transformation and liberation. ~ Roger Cohen

We must be willing to fall flat on our faces. Fearlessly putting ourselves out there is simply a required part of the process. At the very least, it results in the gift of humility and, at best, the triumph of our human spirit. ~ Jill Badonsky

How is it possible to live? Life is so hard?'
'You must be harder than life, Firdaus. Life is very hard. The only people who really live are those who are harder than life itself.'
'But you are not hard, Sharifa, so how do you manage to live?'
'I am hard, terribly hard, Firdaus.'
'No, you are gentle and soft.'
'My skin is soft, but my heart is cruel, and my bite deadly.'
'Like snake?'
'Yes, exactly like a snake. Life is a snake. They are the same, Firdaus. If the snake realises you are not a snake, it will bite you. And if life knows you have no sting, it will devour you. ~ Nawal El Saadawi

The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free. ~ Oprah Winfrey

Failure is a judgment, an opinion. It stems from your fears, which can be eliminated by love-love for yourself, love for what you do, love for others, and love for your planet. ~ Wayne Dyer

I know a little something about fear, honey. I know what a relief it feels like to give into it at first. It's not hard to persuade yourself that you're doing the right thing - that you're making the smart, safe decision. But fear is insidious. It takes anything you're willing to give it, the parts of your life you don't mind cutting out, but when you're not looking, it takes anything else it damn well pleases, too. ~ Andrea Lochen

Gratefulness has the courage to trust and so overcomes fear. ~ David Steindl-Rast

He was a pitiful thing. He had always been a pitiful thing. Why had she never seen that before? There was a hollow place inside her where her fear had been. ~ George R R Martin

Without fear there cannot be courage. ~ Christopher Paolini

Always remember that those with very important paths to fulfill will always be forced by life into the fear of the very things that their true paths consist of, in order to prevent the destiny from ever happening. Or perhaps, in order to strengthen the courage of the heart, because courage is to look into a direction, make a choice and to actually do that which you are afraid of, and what is destiny if it is not fulfilled by a heart full of courage and brawn? ~ C. JoyBell C.

It's okay to be afraid. Just don't let it get the best of you. If you do, it will slowly creep inside you until you're completely paralyzed. Fear has that effect, unless you bravely face it head-on. When you accept fear, it actually makes you stronger. ~ Kevin J. Donaldson

Don't be fearless, but tame your fears, and stop at nothing. ~ Abhijit Naskar

I didn't have time to entertain fear when I knew God's promises had given me permission to be brave. ~ Missy Maxwell Worton

Fear is what makes us human and it is in overcoming fear that we show our strength. ~ Bianca Marais

You will find there are times you must grasp your life with both hands and forcefully steer it in a new direction and then strain to hold your course until the storms of fear, weakness, and doubt abate. ~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them. ~ Epictetus

It doesn't matter if I'm off the beat. It doesn't matter if I'm snapping to the rhythm. It doesn't matter if I look like a complete goon when I dance. It is my dance. It is my moment. It is mine. And dance I will. Try and stop me. You'll probably get kicked in the face. ~ Dan Pearce

I took up leprosy work not to help anyone, but to overcome that fear in my life. That it worked out good for others was a by-product. But the fact is I did it to overcome fear. ~ Baba Amte

The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder. ~ Richard Bach

Use your fear ... it can take you to the place where you store your courage. ~ Amelia Earhart

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been. ~ Robert H. Schuller

Only with absolute fearlessness can we slay the dragons of mediocrity that invade our gardens. ~ George Lois

Becoming less focused on the past and future and not resisting the moment is how to overcome fear, physical pain, and all suffering. ~ Lee L Jampolsky

Embracing life and overcoming fear are one and the same. ~ Bryant McGill

Standing up for your ethical principles takes courage. Courage is the ability to face danger, difficulty, uncertainty, or pain without being overcome by fear. When you see something happening in the workplace that just doesn't seem right do you have the courage to stand-up and do something? What are you afraid of? Retribution, disapproval, your image, damaged relationships, or simply the unknown? Courage is about setting aside your fear and taking action for the good of yourself or someone else.

..approaching the person with whom you have a problem. This is NOT easy. Most of us don't naturally confront people. To most of us, the courage to actually go up and talk face-to-face takes a superhuman Kristopher Kime level of courage. Your voice trembles, stomach hurts, beads of sweat roll down your face. It certainly FEELS like a life or death struggle. But remember, courage is about facing difficulty without being overcome by fear. ~ Mark S. Putnam

Sonnet: Political Greatness
Nor happiness, nor majesty, nor fame,
Nor peace, nor strength, nor skill in arms or arts,
Shepherd those herds whom tyranny makes tame;
Verse echoes not one beating of their hearts,
History is but the shadow of their shame,
Art veils her glass, or from the pageant starts
As to oblivion their blind millions fleet,
Staining that Heaven with obscene imagery
Of their own likeness. What are numbers knit
By force or custom? Man who man would be,
Must rule the empire of himself; in it
Must be supreme, establishing his throne
On vanquished will, quelling the anarchy
Of hopes and fears, being himself alone. ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley

One challenge at a time, I try to turn into the face of fear and tell it "you are not my master, you are the product of my self and I am your master." I look into the monster's eyes until it disappears. Then I am free. ~ Rohvannyn Shaw

Fear is the original sin," suddenly said a still, small voice away back - back - back of Valancy's consciousness. "Almost all the evil in the world has its origin in the fact that some one is afraid of something."
Valancy stood up. She was still in the clutches of fear, but her soul was her own again. She would not be false to that inner voice. ~ L.M. Montgomery

I have been attacked by crows and men with grotesque faces; I have been set on fire by the boy who almost threw me off a ledge; I have almost drowned - twice - and this> is what I can't cope with? This is the fear I have no solutions for - a boy I like, who wants to ... have sex with me? ~ Veronica Roth

I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening. ~ Veronica Roth

Bravery is about overcoming fear, not about not having it. ~ Garth Nix

Stand up.
Face the new day.
Reach a little farther.
Do what you fear you cannot do.
Be bold. ~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Life is not about avoiding fear but about overcoming fear. ~ Debasish Mridha

You love fear. The ending of fear is death, and you don't want that to happen. I am not talking of wiping out the phobias of the body. They are necessary for survival. The death of fear is the only death. ~ U.G. Krishnamurti

Having courage does not mean that we are unafraid. Having courage and showing courage means we face our fears. ~ Maya Angelou

Don't be scared of your hunger. If you're scared of your hunger, you'll just be one more ninny like everyone else. ~ Elizabeth Strout

A higher goal is always reached by overcoming fear. ~ Adriana Trigiani

No thanks. This is a lovely dream, but it's a child's dream. I know some who'd argue the point, but I grew up long ago. - Rose Red (Fables: Vol.21, Happily Ever After) ~ Bill Willingham

Fear is a powerful enemy, but not one too strong to overcome. ~ Kiley Kellermeyer

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it ... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear. ~ Dale Carnegie

The coward's fear of death stems in large part from his incapacity to love anything but his own body. The inability to participate in others' lives stands in the way of his developing any inner resources sufficient to overcome the terror of death. - J. Glenn Gary, The Warriors ~ Sebastian Junger

When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it. ~ Norman Vincent Peale

When you eat too much chocolate, you get sick of it.
When you drink too much champagne, you get sick of it.
Gorge yourself on fear. ~ Khang Kijarro Nguyen

The fear of taking a shot at anything in life, lives in the fact that there are no guaranteed outcomes and this notion sadly, paralyzes so many from ever taking a chance, because they can never be certain enough. It's important to understand that the fear will always be there, that's what makes us humans, and those of us that end of leading successful and fulfilled lives have just learned to better tame and dance with that fear more than others. ~ Chris Hill

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do ... ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

When you start to build self-worth and redeem your magnificence, the fears go away ... you void your fears via your realization of your own self-worth. ~ Lee Carroll

Within each of us is a hidden store of determination. Determination to keep us in the race when all seems lost. ~ Roger Dawson

The medicine to fear, these days, is a dose of reality! Because these days the reality is far worse than the disembodiment of the ideal. People today are afraid of the disembodiment of the ideal, because they think the ideal is the reality. A rabbit that does not know it lives in the ground with snakes, is constantly afraid of the sea hawk possibly finding its way to land, to destroy the rabbit's meadowy existence. In the meadow, living in fear of the sea hawk, not knowing the hole in the ground next to its burrow belongs to a snake. I show the rabbit where the snakes are, thus eliminating its hazardous fear. Misplaced fear is hazardous fear. Fear well placed is a skill for survival. ~ C. JoyBell C.

Stop your worrying, panicking and stressing. Breathe. Remember, you made it this far through difficulties that seemed impossible. Remember how many times you were saved at the very last minute
this time is no different. ~ Bryant H. McGill

We must travel in the direction of our fear. ~ John Berryman

Overcoming fear is a critical factor for anyone who wishes to be really happy, or anyone who wishes to become enlightened ~ Frederick Lenz

No storm can last forever. It will never rain 365 days consecutively. Keep in mind that trouble comes to pass, not to stay. Don't worry! No storm, not even the one in your life, can last forever. ~ Iyanla Vanzant

If I would not do something – right now – I would never get to live my dreams in waiting. ~ Gisela Hausmann "Naked Determination 41 Stories About Overcoming Fear"

If you are afraid of other people take a martial arts class. The best way to overcome fear is learn to be proficient in martial arts. ~ Frederick Lenz

Overcoming fear and conceiving this 'art of more' should be a fundamental practice in what it is that you do and make. ~ Chase Jarvis

It isn't a dare unless you're afraid to do it. ~ Rebekah Crane

The dividing line forms-fashioned from:
Dragon's tears
Missed years
Overcome fears
The fire and ice paradox
Seen with True Sight
Darkness does not always equate to evil
Light does not always bring good ~ P.C. Cast

If you are facing hard decisions today and fear is your dominate feeling then consider how God works in our lives. God leads by PEACE not fear. God has not given us a spirit of fear but power, love and a sound mind (PEACE). When you make decisions based on fear YOU WILL NOT BE AT PEACE, YOU WILL STILL HAVE FEAR. You know you made the right decision when you have peace. Peace to you in Jesus Name!!! ~ Prophet Frank K. Harrison

overcoming fear, personal scarifies for the cause of freedom of all, and ability to see good in your enemies – No one is born hating another person because of the color of your skin, or his background, or his religion … if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love. ~ Nelson Mandela

That's what I mean about forever, too. For any one of us our forever could end in an hour, or a hundred years from now. You can never know for sure, so you'd better make every second count.
What you have to decide, is how you want your life to be. If your forever was ending tomorrow, would this be how you'd want to have spent it ?
Listen, the truth is, nothing is guaranteed. You know that more than anybody.
So don't be afraid. Be alive. ~ Sarah Dessen

Bravery does not mean being fearless. It means to be full of fear but still not being dominated by it. ~ Rajneesh

Fear itself had turned out to be more dreadful than the actual doing. How crazy is that? ~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Overcoming fear - of any sort - allows one to open up to the flow of opportunities. ~ Ashwin Sanghi

Face your fears as if your life depends on it, because living in fear keeps you from living. ~ Jeanette Coron

Even if you go for it and it doesn't work out, you still win. You still had the guts enough to head straight into something that frightened you. That type of bravery will take you places. ~ Evan Sanders

Seek out habits that help you overcome fear or inertia. Destroy those that do the opposite. ~ Seth Godin

Courage isn't just about being brave. It's about overcoming fear and daring to do what is right for your fellow man. ~ The Help

A fear conquered is a fear harnessed.
-Wysteria Morningstar ~ J. Aleksandr Wootton

What successful people have in common is that they don't let their fears or excuses stop them. They overcome and conquer them, then they reach success and are able to fulfill their Destiny. ~ Jeanette Coron

Once your past no longer has the power to define you, your future is, quite literally, yours for the taking. Every single beautiful thing you could possibly want or imagine will be yours. ~ Dan Pearce

Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it. ~ Les Brown

Usually our minds are full of things that we are afraid will defile the purity of our actions. We have this impression of our minds being like a river and we feel like it's too polluted, we beat ourselves up over the fear that the mind pollution is going to spill over into our actions. This specific type of fear causes self-consciousness and self-doubt. The root of all this is the unawareness that we are, in reality, living and acting through our hearts and not through our minds. It is not from the mind that our bodies move and not through the mind that our hands choose who to touch, whom to hold onto and what to catch in midair. None of it is the mind. It is all the heart. And the heart cannot ever become polluted, not for a second. The heart can be torn, it can bleed, it can stop sometimes and it can even die. But it can never, it will never ever become polluted. You are your heart: the way you move, the way you love, the way you reach out to touch someone. By the contents of the heart the hands choose which threads to weave and which nails to hammer or to yank asunder. You need not fear. You are pure. ~ C. JoyBell C.

None of us should be ashamed to speak of our class power or lack of it. Overcoming fear, even the fear of being immodest, and acting courageously to bring issues of class- especially radical standpoints – into the discourse of blackness is a gesture of militant defiance, one that runs counter to bourgeois insistence that we think of "money" in particular and class in general as private matters. ~ Bell Hooks

I will not die an unlived life ... I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me ... I choose to risk my significance. ~ Dawna Markova

Courage meant overcoming fear and doing one's duty in the presence of danger, not being unafraid. ~ Eugene B. Sledge

The real thing that keeps men and women apart, is fear. Women blame men and men blame women, but the culprit is fear, women are afraid of one thing, men are afraid of a different thing; the fears of women have to do with losing while the fears of men have to do with not being good enough for something. One is loss, the other is insecurity. Men are innately more insecure than women and women are innately more needful of companionship than men. It's good for both men and women to be able to recognize and identify these fears not only within themselves, but within each other, and then men and women will see that they really do need to help each other. It's not a game, it's not a competition, the two sexes need one another. ~ C. JoyBell C.

How very little can be done under the spirit of fear. ~ Florence Nightingale

Overcoming fear has nothing to do with abandoning common sense. We retain our common sense, but we lose that emotion that is fear. ~ Frederick Lenz

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. ~ Cheryl Strayed

Sometimes, when we want something so badly, we fear failure more than we fear being without that thing. ~ Matthew J. Kirby

If your dreams don't scare you, they are not big enough. ~ Lorde

Fear is your brains way of protecting you,
overcoming fear is the souls way of loving you ~ Steven Aitchison

What I have since realized is that if people expect you to be brave, sometimes you pretend that you are, even when you are frightened down to your very bones. ~ Sharon Creech

Everything you want is on the other side of fear. ~ Jack Canfield

Adjusting our mindset for success is always at least half the battle. In the case of overcoming our fears, rather than being overcome by them, - it is 99% a war waged in our own head. ~ Connie Kerbs

Grief
You plunge one in many emotions
Betrayal, Despair, Depression, Fear, Anger
Grief
You are more difficult to face than Death
Grief
Please let my faith stay stronger than you
Grief
I so wish you eventually lose out to love
(Page 58) ~ Neena Verma