Mj Rodriguez Quotes

Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day.

I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I'm like, 'My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don't have it. I just want to chill.' We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it.

When you start to doubt yourself the real world will eat you alive.

I am not brave. I am very weak. I am trying to overcome my problems. I do cry, I do break but I think that's normal.

I still go through times when I'm down. I don't feel like I'm that strong woman that people think I am today.

There was a time when I just felt like a superwoman. I was like, 'I got Jesus! I ain't afraid!' But, the truth is, I want to do things right, and sometimes I am afraid that I'm not good enough or that I'm not going to handle something right.

I think you're not a human being unless you have doubts and fears.

I won't allow myself to have tremendous fear.

I don't know why I'm saying I'm brave.

I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength.

There are certain things I believe we need to keep in our emotional arsenal as we navigate through life. Hope is a big one. The more of that we can carry, the better.

You cannot escape anxiety … but I have faith that you will rise above your fears.

A lot of the characters I've played before are heroic or invincible in some ways and not tuned into fear and anxiety and pain.

My personal pride is not strong enough to make me brave. But I don't know why I equate being brave with fighting.

You always have nerves. And it's important to respect your nerves and your doubts. And then you have to ultimately overcome them.

Really, when you look at it, you're not battling the chemo, you're battling yourself the whole time. It was me versus me. There were many times where I didn't know if I would wake up tomorrow. I would just be up, scared to go to sleep.

Sometimes I think everyone is just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. Maybe pretending is how you get brave, I don't know.

My day-mind can endure / Upright, in hope, all it must undergo. / But O, afraid, unsure, / My night-mind waking lies too low, too low.

It is only in his head that man is heroic; in the pit of his stomach he is always a coward.

I always feel like I can't do it, that I can't go through with a movie. But then I do go through with it after all.

Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.

Only the insecure strive for security.

Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.

The process of spotting fear and refusing to obey it is the source of all true empowerment.

I don't walk around with fear. I walk around with strength. I believe in cause and effect.