James Stephens Quotes

I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important.

My biggest fear is fear itself. I never want to be afraid of doing something I want.

Whenever you're scared of something, don't let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.

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

If you don't go towards the thing you fear, you won't be able to say you lived.

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.

Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.

For me, it's not necessarily interesting to play a strong, fearless woman. It's interesting to play a woman who is terrified and then overcomes that fear. It's about the journey. Courage is not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it.

I think the beauty of the writing of 'Game of Thrones' is not that the characters are fearless; it's how they overcome their fear, you know?

It's interesting how we often can't see the ways in which we are being strong - like, you can't be aware of what you're doing that's tough and brave at the time that you're doing it because if you knew that it was brave, then you'd be scared.

Courage is the capacity to meet the anxiety which arises as one achieves freedom.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

I tend to go toward things that make me afraid.

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

I think I'm a pretty brave girl, but I wouldn't say I'm fearless.

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

Anything that creates fear, I want to conquer it.

Any time I push through a fear, I'm proud of that.

It's okay to have fear - we're all human; it happens - but in facing your fears, you can really open yourself up to things you never thought possible.

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.

I don't feel fear anymore, in any form.

I don't think I am fearless. I am just me.

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

Fear is the root of all courage.

The direst foe of courage is the fear itself, not the object of it; and the man who can overcome his own terror is a hero and more.