Bethany Hamilton Quotes

...I started to realize how many great things could happen by confronting the things that scare you most.

We grow fearless when we do the things we fear.

Once you slay one fear, you can conquer many fears.

Don't let your fears become boxes that enclose you. Open them out, feel them and turn them into the greatest courage you are capable of. I promise you, nothing will go wrong. But if you live by your fears, everything that can possibly go wrong will go wrong and you won't even have done the 'Funky Chicken'.

It's all right to be afraid. You just don't let it stop you from doing your job.

Almost all fear is fear of the unknown. Therefore, what's the remedy? To become acquainted with the things you fear.

A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.

Face your fears or they will climb over your back.

I am Constantly afraid, but it's a big driving force in my life. I'm more likely to try and tackle a fear than let it control me.

If you're afraid of something, you definitely have to try to tackle it.

Living fearlessly is not the same as never being afraid. It's good to be afraid occasionally. Fear is a great teacher.

All fear has ever done is hold me back. I have so many things I want to accomplish in my life. For myself and for the world. Fear is useless; it just gets in the way of accomplishing everything Overcome fear today and and confront one of your phobias.

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

If a part terrifies me, that is definitely a reason to do it.

A line from one of my 1997 columns - 'Do one thing every day that scares you' - is now widely attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, though I have yet to see any evidence that she ever said it and I don't believe she did. She said some things about fear, but not that thing.

There's nothing like overcoming something that scares you so much. Nothing feels better.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

If I'm afraid of something, I'll deal with it and get past it.

The fears we don’t face become our limits.

Remember the high board at the swimming pool? After days of looking up at it you finally climbed the wet steps to the platform. From there, it was higher than ever. There were only two ways down: the steps to defeat of the dive to victory. You stood on the edge, shivering in the hot sun, deathly afraid. At last you leaned too far forward, it was too late for retreat, and you dived. The high board was conquered, and you spent the rest of the day diving. Climbing a thousand high boards, we demolish fear, and turn into human beings.

We grow fearless by walking into our fears.

Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it.

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

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

If one is willing to do a thing he is afraid to do, he does not have to ... face a situation fearlessly, and if there is no situation to face; it falls away of its own weight.