Vernon Howard Quotes

I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared.

Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.

Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's about getting up one more time than we fall down.

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.

Somehow or another, my mother taught me to push through my fear, always. Feel the fear and do it anyway.

There's nothing wrong with being afraid. It's not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it. Sometimes you've got to blast through and have faith.

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

Let's not be afraid of anything that can't really hurt us.

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

Being brave isn't the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.

The important thing about "brave" is, it doesn't mean you're not terrified.

Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvellous work. It is fear that is the great cause of misery in the world. It is fear that is the greatest of all superstitions. It is fear that is the cause of all our woes, and it is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment. Therefore, "arise, awake and stop not until the goal is reached.

Fearlessness is not the absence of fear, fearlessness is the total presence of fear with the courage to face it.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

Lean into the sharp points and fully experience them. The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. Wisdom is inherent in (understanding) emotions.

The next time you encounter fear, consider yourself lucky. This is where the courage comes in. Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear. When I was first married, my husband said I was one of the bravest people he knew. When I asked him why, he said because I was a complete coward but went ahead and did things anyhow.

Remember that all the others are more afraid than you

Fear not, provided you fear; but if you fear not, then fear.

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

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

To try to be brave is to be brave.

Courage, I now see, is a journey involving self-doubt and self-examination, with the end never in sight.

The experience of overcoming fear is extraordinarily delightful.

Sometimes I feel like there is so much to be afraid of, and sometimes I feel like there is nothing left to fear.

You can't be afraid until you have no other option but to be afraid.