“Being brave is when you have to do something because you know it is right, but at the same time, you are afraid to do it, because it might hurt or whatever. But you do it anyway.”— Meg Cabot, amazon.com
“Nothing scarier than a friend texting you he wants to "talk about stuff."”— Mindy Kaling, twitter.com
“People usually fear the most what they know lives inside of them. A crazy jealous, suspicious and controlling man usually is so because he has first-hand proof that cheating happens…via himself.”— Julia Austin, madamenoire.com
“You have to remember the worst times of your life later reveal themselves as the best times. And in those moments where you don't recognize yourself define who it is you want to be later. Feel through every ugly emotion until you can walk away from it. So often we repress intense emotions out of fea…”— Kirsten Corley, facebook.com
“Never be afraid to try something new because life gets boring when you stay within the limits of what you already know.”— Soft Grung, twitter.com
“It's a funny thing... but people mostly have it backward. They think they live by what they want. But really, what guides them is what they're afraid of. What they don't want.”— Khaled Hosseini, amazon.com
“There is a difference between 'committing to the right person while you're young' and 'settling for someone while you're young out of obligation or fear or both.'”— Brianna Wiest, bustle.com
“You focus on the fact that he makes you laugh and not that he hasn't had a job in six months. You tell all your friends how tall and protective he is and leave out the part about his anger issues. While it's totally human to want things to go well for once in your love life, you have to resist the u…”— Emily Blackwood, yourtango.com
“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“Humor, particularly dark humor, is a common way to communicate true concern without the risk of feeling silly afterwards, and without overtly showing fear.”— Gavin De Becker, amazon.com
“Trust that what causes alarm probably should, because when it comes to danger, intuition is always right in at least two important ways. 1: It is always in response to something. 2: It always has your best interest at heart.”— Gavin De Becker, amazon.com
“You're an original, an individual, a masterpiece. Celebrate that. Don't let your uniqueness make you shy. Don't be someone other than the wonder that you are. Every star is important to the sky.”— Douglas Pagels, amazon.com
“Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.”— Helen Keller, amazon.com