“Sometimes you have to face up to your fears to realize that they aren’t actually real.”— Zoe Sugg, amazon.comTagged: fears, Bravery
“He'd learned long ago that a life lived without risks pretty much wasn't worth living. Life rewarded courage, even when that first step was taken neck-deep in fear.”— Tamera Alexander, amazon.comTagged: Love, Taking A Chance
“It’s hard to go. It’s scary and lonely…and half the time you’ll be wondering why the hell you’re in Cincinnati or Austin or North Dakota or Mongolia or wherever your melodious little finger-plucking heinie takes you. There will be boondoggles and discombobulated days, freaked-out nights and metaphor…”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.comTagged: Bravery, Courage, strength, beauty, Independence
“When you're scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave.”— Neil Gaiman, amazon.comTagged: Bravery, Courage, Fear
“I realized that we are only brave when we have something to lose and we still try. We can’t be brave without fear.”— Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali, amazon.comTagged: Bravery, Fear
“Because on the other side of rejection, on the other side of that moment you question if you should say something, there comes bravery from within that allows you to continue with words you might regret. But under the surface is hope. Under the surface you wonder, can they reciprocate these intense…”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Love, Rejection, Bravery, Feelings, Unrequited Love
“We were scared, but our fear was not as strong as our courage.”— Malala Yousafzai, amazon.comTagged: Fear, Courage, strength, Finding Your Voice
“True confidence involves acknowledging we don’t always feel confident, that we’re not always right or the best, and feeling at peace with that. When we are confident, we have nothing to prove because knowing that for ourselves is enough.”— HANNAH BRAIME, becomingwhoyouare.netTagged: Confidence, Courage
“So pluck up your courage and take that risk! Add another story to the book of your life. Even if it doesn’t go the way you planned or wanted, you’ll still learn from it.”— Neil Patrick Harris, amazon.comTagged: Adventure, Courage, risks
“There is no prose as inspiring as a single human being with the courage to live well.”— Iain Thomas, amazon.comTagged: Happiness, Human Nature, Courage, Inspirational
“The act of being vulnerable is a courageous act.”— Bryan Reeves, amazon.comTagged: Courage, Inspiring, Vulnerable
“You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.”— Michelle Obama, amazon.comTagged: comfortable, Life, Problems, History, Courage
“So live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!”— Viktor E. Frankl, amazon.comTagged: Mistakes, Life, chances, Courage
“How often do you think we write our own ending before the story is even finished? How often do we give up on ourselves when our lives are just starting? Things get hard and we immediately back away and assume that means we’re going in the wrong direction, doing the wrong thing. If anything, when the…”— Rachel Van Dyken, amazon.comTagged: Impatience, Perserverance, Moving Forward, Pressing On, Courage
“It seems to me that the less I fight my fear, the less it fights back. If I can relax, fear relaxes, too.”— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.comTagged: Fear, Courage, Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic
“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”— Stephen King, kristinoffiler.wordpress.comTagged: Writing, Fear, Inspirational, Courage, Wisdom
“I find that fear and not wanting to take risks, and staying too comfortable makes people wait. They’ll say, ‘I’ll wait until this happens, I’ll wait until I go to film school, I’ll wait until I have all the money, I’ll wait until they ask me.’ Don’t wait for permission. Seek without permission. Ther…”— Ava DuVernay, scriptmag.comTagged: Fear, Risk, Drive, Courage
“You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.”— Deepak Chopra, amazon.comTagged: impossible, Self-Direction, Determination, Perserverance, Change
“The danger of an adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Adventure, Opportunity, Chance, Taking Risks, Taking Chances
“You ruin your life by desensitizing yourself. We are all afraid to say too much, to feel too deeply, to let people know what they mean to us. Caring is not synonymous with crazy. Expressing to someone how special they are to you will make you vulnerable. There is no denying that. However, that is no…”— Bianca Sparacino, amazon.comTagged: Courage, Express Yourself, Magic, Express, Writing
“Elsewhere are two letters that were never sent, because of pride, each a declaration of love that would’ve changed lives.”— Iain Thomas, amazon.comTagged: Love, Love Letters, What Could Have Been, Taking A Chance, Taking Risks
“When it feels scary to jump, that is exactly when you jump. Otherwise you end up staying in the same place your whole life and that I can’t do.”— J. C. Chandor, amazon.comTagged: Action, Taking Action, Taking Risks, Doing It Scared, Fear
“I have faith in your strength, in your ability to rise back up after the fall, in your persistence to fight through the worst days of your life and in your courage to start over. I have faith that you will find your way out of the darkness and slowly let the light back in. I have faith that you will…”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Resilience, Thought Catalog, Faith, Life
“If you feel like you’re in control, you’re just not going fast enough.”— Mario Andretti, goodreads.comTagged: Control, Excitment, Taking Risks, Life, Living Boldly
“Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure.”— Meister Eckhart, brainyquote.comTagged: Confidence, Self-Confidence, Taking Chances, Taking Risks
“Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.”— Erica Jong, amazon.comTagged: Love, Relationships, Fighting For Love, Taking Risks, Leap of Faith
“You will either step forward into growth or you will step backward into safety.”— Abraham Maslow, brainyquote.comTagged: Growth, Change, Security, Taking Risks, Taking Chances
“You can’t just hope for happy endings. You have to believe in them. Then do the work, take the risks.”— Nora Roberts, goodreads.comTagged: Happiness, Work, Taking Risks
“Anything that gets your blood racing is probably worth doing.”— Hunter S. Thompson, goodreads.comTagged: Excitment, Taking Risks, Taking Chances, Enjoying Life