Cheryl Strayed Quotes

People are the story they tell themselves.

People say to me all the time, 'You have no fear.' I tell them, 'No, that's not true. I'm scared all the time. You have to have fear in order to have courage. I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person.'

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.

If I have resistance to something, it means there's something wrong. The resistance to me is a sign of fear.

I don't understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.

Because at bottom, I'm interested in fear, and in courage and cowardice and these are easier to get at through fiction, where you can enter people's heads.

That might have a lot to do with it, but you know, I probably don't show fear, but I suffer from fear like everyone else.

It is not the thing you fear that you must deal with: it is the mother of the thing you fear.

I think when I feel fear, that's often a cue that I should do something. If I begin to feel fear, that's a strong sign, psychologically, that something has its hooks in me somewhere deep.

Fear is often our immediate response to uncertainty. There's nothing wrong with experiencing fear. They key is not to get stuck in it.

I very strongly dislike fear. I always say fear keeps us from living our lives and doing the things we want to do.

I find it ironic that fear is eliminating the possibility to tell stories that depict our ability to overcome fear

Now, don't be angry after you've been afraid. That's the worst kind of cowardice.

To be brave, by definition, one has first to be afraid.

Fear is part of the process. If you weren't scared, you'd be in trouble.

Any story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story.

Fear is self-awareness raised to a higher level.

Great stories move through fear.

It needs courage to be afraid.

The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid.

we become the stories we tell ourselves

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

The fear is not real, Dil Bahadur; it is only in your mind, like all other things. Our thoughts form what we believe to be reality.