Kay Redfield Jamison Quotes

Scared isn't a good excuse. Scared is the excuse everyone has always used.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

I find it ironic that fear is eliminating the possibility to tell stories that depict our ability to overcome fear

We grow fearless by walking into our fears.

Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it.

You don't have to be fearless to do anything, you can be scared out of your mind.

I'm not sure why I've decided to do this. I'm not any stronger than I was, and nothing else has changed. But all the same, this time I'm not going to run away. It's okay to feel weak sometimes. It's okay to be afraid. The important thing is that we face our fears. That's what makes us strong."-Yuki

Overcoming fear doesn't have to be skydiving, if you're afraid of heights. Overcoming fear is an everyday thing. We do it all day long.

You want to be a hero? Learn to create certainty in the face of fear.

The experience of overcoming fear is extraordinarily delightful.

We grow fearless when we do the things we fear.

We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.

You can't avoid fear. No magic potion will take it away. And you can't wait for motivation to get you going. To conquer fear, you have to feel the fear and take action anyway.

As a young man, I yearned for the day when, rooted in the experience that comes only with age, I could do my work fearlessly. But today, in my mid-sixties, I realize that I will feel fear from time to time for the rest of my life. I may never get rid of my fear. But . . . I can learn to walk into it and through it whenever it rises up . . . naming the inner force that triggers . . . fear . . . Naming our fears aloud . . . is the first step toward transcending them.

Living fearlessly is not the same as never being afraid. It's good to be afraid occasionally. Fear is a great teacher.

I have to keep facing the darkness. If I stand tall and face the thing I fear, I have a chance to conquer it. If I just keep dodging and hiding it will conquer me.

It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, - always do what you are afraid to do.

A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.

Monsters aren't as scary if you start shining lights on them.

I think life gives you lemons, and the thing that I'm working on doing is not watering it down, not putting sugar in it. Just drink it straight. The more you can take life head on... it's gonna make you a better person, and then you have nothing left to be afraid of. And what an awesome way to live.

I came across the idea of running towards the things that frighten you. Once you go and do it, you realise that the fear of it is far more powerful than actually doing it.

Failure is ultimately very liberating. Once you come out the other side of it, you just might have faced one of your biggest fears and lived. The other side of failure is a big elimination of fear of failure. Trust me, that is an amazing gift.

Every time I feel fearful of something now, I do it.

If I do feel scared I deliberately challenge myself not to feel scared.

In my past, it looked like I could get into trouble in Russia - but I was not afraid then, and I'm not afraid now. Fear paralyses you and doesn't let you go forward.