Dolores O'Riordan Quotes

Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.

Sometimes you have to confront your demons and sometimes even let them loose to genuinely find a place where you can gain some understanding.

Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them.

In every life there is an element of victory over fear, which needs to be searched for, though it may be a false victory.

I have actually gotten to like fear.

My greatest fear is fear. Ooh, meta.

The fears you run away from run toward you. The fears you don't own will own you. But behind every fear wall lives a precious treasure.

If something is visceral and unsettling for me, my job is to not look away, not to punk out. Sometimes the dark things come from places inside me, experiences I've had, that need to be transformed.

I think I'm attracted to subjects that I'm afraid of. It's a way to approach things I am afraid of, things that bring fear in my heart, and try to understand them, try to deal with them. It's like demons. I try to approach it and understand it... I'm just visiting fears.

Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them.

If I find myself afraid or scared, that means I'm doing the wrong thing.

Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.

If you flee from the things you fear, there's no resolution.

I was afraid of being a failure, of not having the best time or of being chicken. But every year I get older I think, What was I fearing last year?' You forget. And then you move on.

Above all, don't fear difficult moments. The best comes from them.

I realised those things my ego needed - fame and success - were going to make me terribly unhappy. So I wrenched myself away from that. I had to. I had to walk away from America and say goodbye to the biggest part of my career because I knew, otherwise, my demons would get the better of me.

When I am scared, I push myself and get the best out of myself.

It's been a very strong force for me over the years. I don't know exactly why. For some people, fear can be a very useful thing. They can use it to recognise there's something missing, and heal themselves. But fear can also destroy some people. I think I'm the first type of person. I'm pretty anxious, always thinking 'what if?' about the bad stuff.

If your worst fear can come true, and everything can still be OK, then there's really not much to fear at all.

Letting go is fearless. Then, moving on and being alright, that’s fearless too.

Learn to love what you've been taught to fear.

Fear is the root of all courage.

Take these broken wings and learn to fly.

If we had the courage to confront the doubts we timidly conceive about ourselves, none of us would utter an 'I' without shame.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear, I rise. Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear, I rise.