Kevin Patterson Quotes

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

Fear runs our lives. It doesn't matter who you are. You have to understand your relationship with fear. Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

I'm not afraid and these 15 days convinced me there is nothing to fear. Let them be afraid instead.

Fear is the enemy. I distrust it. Any feeling or decision I make that might be motivated by fear I quickly reassess.

I'm not brave at all.

I think people are frightened by different things, so I don't see myself as particularly courageous.

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.

The only thing I am afraid of is fear.

I am scared of nobody.

I don't get intimidated, you know. Because I feel like when you get intimidated, you become nervous, and then you turn to fear.

So I don't really suffer too badly from fears - I'm quite happy to engender them in other people though!

By action and reaction do we become strong or weak, according to the character of our thoughts and mental states. Fear is the deadly nightshade of the mind.

Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is.

My greatest fear is fear. Ooh, meta.

The funny thing is most people don't approach me because they are scared, and that's fine, I want to keep it that way. But the thing is if you're not scared or get over it you learn that sometimes what you're scared of is really what you shouldn't be scared of.

It's easy when you grow up in fear to act out of fear. I don't want to embrace that fear; I prefer to be kind.

I'd say my greatest fear is fear itself.

Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.

But I love being scared. I think you're brave only when you do things that scare you. I've always used fear as a motivator. I'm not sure why.

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

Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.

I am six feet tall. I am not supposed to be afraid.

I think fear is unavoidable and that, when recognized and embraced, it's something that can work for you - especially in the audition room.

The first and great commandment is, don't let them scare you.