Facing your fears might be the hardest thing to do but it’s the best thing you can do for yourself. You can’t be great and live in fear; fear keeps you in the shadows.
These ten quotes will inspire you to overcome those fears:
1. “Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.” – Bill Cosby
2. “Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.” —Helen Keller
3. “I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive.” – Abraham Maslow
4. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” – Dale Carnegie
5. “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
6. “One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.” —Henry Ford
7. “I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.” — Rosa Parks
8. “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.” — Nelson Mandela
9. “Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.” — Bear Grylls
10. “Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
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