Tommy Franks Quotes

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

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

The Bible says to 'fear not,' but this doesn't mean you should never feel scared. It means when you do feel fear, keep going forward and do what you are supposed to do. Or as I like to say, do it afraid.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

I say, 'Be brave. Do it even if your ankles shake, because they will.'

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

I think it's okay to be afraid, but it's not okay to let it rule your life.

We have nothing to fear but fear itself.

Bravely overcoming one small fear gives you the courage to take on the next.

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

Braveness is resistance to concern, mastery of panic - not absense of anxiety.

Face your fears or they will climb over your back.

When I'm scared - and I'm always scared when I have to face an audience, when I have to read a review, when I publish a book...then, I think of my grandfather. My grandfather was this strong, tough Basque who would never bend....What would he do? Well, he would go ahead, close his eyes, and drive forward. You do it and the spirit that is within you....is there.

She walked fast, to keep ahead of her fear.

Once you face your fear, nothing is ever as hard as you think.

A warrior never worries about his fear.

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

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.... The danger lies in refusing to face the fear, in not daring to come to grips with it. If you fail anywhere along the line it will take away your confidence. You must make yourself succeed every time. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

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

One thing I know for sure: it is only by doing what we fear that we can ever truly learn to be brave.

Until that moment she had never thought she could do it. Never thought she would be brave enough or scared enough, or desperate enough to dare.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.

I live my life through fear. If I'm afraid of it I'll do it just so I'm not afraid of it anymore.

Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright.

Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.