Og Mandino Quotes

If something scares me, then I have to do it.

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

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

My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway.

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.

If something scares me, then I have to do it. My biggest fear in life is fear.

I've always gone after fears and tried to stifle them by doing them. It is daunting, but it's more rewarding.

In every life there is an element of victory over fear, which needs to be searched for, though it may be a false victory.

We grow fearless by walking into our fears.

Being fearless doesn't mean living a life devoid of fear, but living a life in which our fears don't hold us back

We grow fearless when we do the things we fear.

Fear isn't an excuse to come to a standstill. It's the impetus to step up and strike.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do.

Do what you're afraid 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.

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.

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

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

To move past fear is a cliche.

I like to do something I fear.

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.

True heroics, obviously, is not the absence of fear, but having that fear and doing something anyway.

You take all the things that frighten you, and when you can get them to work for you all of sudden people are calling you a success.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'

You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.