Seneca the Younger Quotes

Before putting yourself in peril, it is necessary to foresee and fear it; but when one is there, nothing remains but to despise it.

He who fears dangers will not perish by them.

Danger is very real but fear is a choice.

But I'm someone who the more afraid I am, the more I want to do it to get the fear over with.

To back away from fear is the worst thing you can do. Fear shows.

My father says that fear is good; it's the body's alarm system, it warns us of danger. But sometimes danger can't be avoided, and then you have to forget about being afraid.

Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.

I believe there is no other difference between those who are called courageous and those who are branded craven than that the second are fearful before the danger and the first after it. No one can be much frightened, certainly, during a period of great and immanent peril -- the mind is too much concentrated on the thing itself, and on the actions necessary to meet or avoid it. The coward is a coward, then, because he has brought his fear with him; persons we think cowardly will sometimes amaze us by their bravery, if they have had no forewarning of their danger.

Surrendering to fear and allowing ourselves to be paralyzed by peril isn't something most of us can afford to do.

I think to be courageous, you have to be afraid. For me, it feels very courageous when I go skiing because I'm very, very afraid to ski. It's dangerous! I feel very scared. But when I'm acting, I don't feel very scared.

When the danger is great, one must not run away.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

I tend to do things that I'm very frightened of. That's what I do.

I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror.

My biggest fear is fear itself. I never want to be afraid of doing something I want.

If I'm afraid of something, I'll deal with it and get past it.

Courage has to do with controlling fear and it seems to me that focus has a way of overcoming anxiety.

One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.

Peter did not feel very brave; indeed, he felt he was going to be sick. But that made no difference to what he had to do.

Fear is part of the process. If you weren't scared, you'd be in trouble.

I think it takes a lot to put oneself in a place where, you know, that thing about "Feel the fear and do it anyway." You wonder what the driving force is that makes you want to do that and not just stay in a safer place.

The sea hates a coward.

The nature of a coward is to avoid death. If such a man courts peril there can be only two reasons. Either he is not a coward at all or there is no danger.

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

Face your fears or they will climb over your back.