Edward S. Walker Jr. Quotes

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

I think operating in a mode of fear, and operating from a mode of fear, is not going to get us anywhere, as a people, or me, as a person. So I don't operate from that place.

I've never found therapy to be a sign of weakness; I've found the opposite to be true. The willingness to have a mirror held up to you definitely requires strength.

If someone decides they're not going to be happy, it's not your problem. You don't have to spend your time and energy trying to cheer up someone who has already decided to stay in a bad mood. Believe it or not, you can actually hurt people by playing into their self-pity.

Confront your fears, list them, get to know them, and only then will you be able to put them aside and move ahead.

The weeds keep multiplying in our garden, which is our mind ruled by fear. Rip them out and call them by name.

Meditation hasn't separated me from my life and my friends and my work. It's just made my fear go away, so I can just be that much more engaged.

Self-hatred is OK. I have self-hatred, too. It's OK. What's bad is if you don't know how to get out of it, don't know how to manage it. Self-hatred is, in fact, a good thing if you can clearly see the mechanism of it, because it helps you to understand others.

If fear grows fat on the energy you feed it, you have to talk it down.

There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.

For me it's important to be in balance. To not let fear get in the way of things, to not worry so much about protecting yourself all the time.

I've learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for you. The journey is valuable, but believing in your talents, your abilities, and your self-worth can empower you to walk down an even brighter path. Transforming fear into freedom - how great is that?

The deepest parts of you know that if freedom from fear was as easy as 'creating a new reality' for yourself, then you would already be the fearless person you know in your heart that you're meant to be.

Well, I am now convinced there is no kind of fear or anxiety anyone has to live with.

There's so many great things I learned at Mizzou. I took a sports psychology class. It was kind of eye-opening on certain different ways to look at things.

The moment I started watching my thoughts, I realized how futile fear is.

Fear is unnecessary.

I'm not a nervous guy, because I don't think too far ahead. Fear is just thinking about what's going to happen next, right? So if you're not thinking, you can't be scared of anything.

I will not be afraid because I understand ... And understanding is happiness.

Every time you think a negative thought, it's one step in the wrong direction, for me.

If I'm a bad mood, I can't go on stage and smile.

Psychology, unlike chemistry, unlike algebra, unlike literature, is an owner's manual for your own mind. It's a guide to life. What could be more important than grounding young people in the scientific information that they need to live happy, healthy, productive lives? To have good relationships?

The control and understanding of our personal fears is one of the most important undertakings of our lives.

The strength of any weakness within us is the degree to which it is feared.

It is important to remember that a thought is harmless unless we believe them and act on them. As the subject, since thoughts are an object of your awareness, you have the power to challenge every thought. You can decide if you want to make that thought real.