Starhawk Quotes

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

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

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

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

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.

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

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

The beautiful thing about fear is that when you run to it, it runs away.

Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You've taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway.

All of us experience fear, but when we confront and acknowledge it, we are able to turn it into courage. Being courageous does not mean never being scared; it means acting as you know you must even though you are undeniably afraid.

Sometimes being afraid can show more strength than being fearless.

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

Courageous people feel the same fear everyone else does, they just decide to not be afraid anymore.

The brave man is not the one who has no fears, he is the one who triumphs over his fears.

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

Bravery is not the absence of fear, it is overcoming it.

I'm not givin' in an inch to fear.

When you 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 don't have to be fearless to do anything, you can be scared out of your mind.

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

But come here, Fear. / I am alive! / And you are so afraid / of dying.

Fearless is not the absence of fear. Fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you.

Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.

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.