Sometimes the one thing you need for growth is the one thing you are afraid to do.

In times like these I always cheered myself up with a certain story. I forgot just when I first heard it, or who I heard it from… but, back when I was young it would...

Goodness is sparked by a caution for the sake of what is good, not fear of what is bad.

In our global community, when a woman becomes an authoritative figure- it scares the world. She is no longer giving into traditional patriarchal notions of submissiveness, she does not require validation, and subsequently she becomes...

What is love?”; “The total absence of fear,” said the Master; “What is it we fear?”; “Love,” said the Master.

Most fear what they dont know and think they know everything

The magic rarely happens within our comfort zone, but outside it, on the ragged, scary edge, where we have to fight like hell to keep from drowning in the unknown.

I’m a man who believes that I died 20 years ago. And I live like a man who is dead already. I have no fear whatsoever of anybody or anything.

Once you discover that failure is survivable, your fear of it subsides. Failure is not opposite to success, just part of its process.

I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy.

Take lightly what you hear about individuals. We need not distort trust for our paltry little political agendas. We tend to trust soulless, carried information more than we trust soulful human beings; but really most...

In this one life, this one life that you have to live, you must embrace every moment that creeps into your existence. You must feel every possible emotion to realize you’re really alive, you’re really...

Fear of vikings build castles.

Winning and losing is not an external game. It is an internal battle over telling yourself the truth vs. lies regarding why you haven’t stepped into the life you dreamed of.

I remember feeling the silence. I remember feeling the fear. I’m like, ‘This could be a wrap.’ And that’s what the silence was. It was like, ‘This could really be a wrap for you.’

I write about adversity, I praise adversity, not to be pessimistic, but rather to strengthen myself. The more familiar that you are with it, the less likely you are to have a breakdown when it...

Smartphones are tools which fools fiddle with when they are around people that they don’t have the courage, or, the intellect, to converse with.

Sometimes when you least expect it, the tables turn and that scary feeling that has taken hold of you for so long somehow turns into hope

When discouraged some people will give up, give in or give out far too early. They blame their problems on difficult situations, unreasonable people or their own inabilities.When discouraged other people will push back that...

Adversity kills fearful people just by showing them its weapons. As to whether that weapon is fatal or fake, they don’t care to know before they surrender!

From now on it is not dying we must fear, but living.

We hold onto our flaws because they are insurance for our failures. Every fear serves a purpose. When we cling to unhelpful beliefs and old fears, we can blame failure on them. Growth requires the...

I have not always chosen the safest path. I’ve made my mistakes, plenty of them. I sometimes jump too soon and fail to appreciate the consequences. But I’ve learned something important along the way: I’ve...

When someone is stalking you because they think you are stalking them, it makes you wonder who really is the true stalker?

Humor can make a serious difference. In the workplace, at home, in all areas of life – looking for a reason to laugh is necessary. A sense of humor helps us to get through the...

The greatest fear in life is not of death, but unsolicited change.

The biggest enemy of truth is known as facts in our society.

Often, people who can do, don’t because they’re afraid of what people that can’t do will say about them doing.

I chase my dreams through nightmares.

A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

Knowledge dispels fear.

A lie near to truth is always difficult to catch.

A person who is motivated by love will make completely different choices than a person who is motivated by fear. Those choices will result in completely different actions. Those actions will result in completely different...

Fear of joy is the darkest of captivities.

At the heart of the matter is a battle between wish and fear. Fear generally proves stronger than a wish, but it leaves a taste of disappointment on the tongue.

Each pain is Unbearable / yet TriflingSeeing the TRUTH is Excruciating / yet ExquisiteThrough Laugher & Tears / Grinning & Fear, we face our demons.

Our lives are defined by fear from the very time we are born to the time we bid adieu to this material world.

If you are afraid to take a chance, take one anyway. What you don’t do can create the same regrets as the mistakes you make.

I tell myself I have time. But the itch forming along the back of my neck and across my shoulders says otherwise.I hate this. It’s like I’m racing a clock ticking down to doomsday without...

Being Scared-off by EvilLastly, we deny the presence of evil because we are terrified by the horrendously hurtful, cruel, and bloody kinds of evil people tell us about—if we are willing to listen. This was...

At the heart of all anger, all grudges, and all resentment, you’ll always find a fear that hopes to stay anonymous.

You have more brain cells than there are grains of sand on your favorite beach, and you have cleverness, dexterity, and creativity—all of which powerfully combine when you are at risk—if you listen to your...

But I was afraid of the questions (much more than the accusations) you might both put to me.

Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act.

Be afraid in proportion to the threat.

Always do what you’re afraid to do.

Fear is the brother of hate.

Plenty of people who survive tragedies end up ambivalent about danger–frightened by it, yet strangely drawn to it.

Being brave is only standing up when you’re afraid.