John Dryden Quotes

You make progress; then you get courage to make more.

I live my life through fear. If I'm afraid of it I'll do it just so I'm not afraid of it anymore.

You don't run from the bad things in life; learn from them, because your worst is what will lead you to your best.

All we can do in life is push through the things that make us afraid and try to be better.

I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script. And that means that I need to do it, because the things that scare you only make you better and stronger.

I think a lot of times you have to face your fears. I think everybody has to face their fears.

Life's too short to dwell on things. When you go through experiences that are bad, it's a good thing. You learn from it - become a stronger person. Life is a roller coaster, and you don't know what's going to be thrown at you next, so all you can do is give it your best shot.

Disappointment builds character and strength.

Life is a balance of fear and overcoming it.

I've obviously learned a lot, a lot of mental toughness, learned how to deal with some adversity. Hopefully I'm better for it.

You do have to challenge yourself. I think scared is a good thing.

I have made a lot of mistakes, but I am proud of them all.

Life can take so many twists and turns. You can’t ever count yourself out. Even if you’re really afraid at some point, you can’t think that there’s no room for you to grow and do something good with your life.

You're always going to face criticism, you're always going to face challenges, but those things are there to make you stronger and more committed.

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

The key to success is for you to make a habit throughout your life of doing the things you fear.

I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness.

Above all, don't fear difficult moments. The best comes from them.

But to be the best, you must face the best. And to overcome your fear, you must deal with the best.

The most vulnerable people have tough exteriors because they are very scared inside, and it's very hard for people like that - people like me - to open up. But playing it safe means you stop being open to learning. I always try to find the challenges.

I have stepped outside my comfort zone enough to know that, yes, the world does fall apart, but not in the way that you fear.

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.

You're not human if you don't feel fear. But I've learnt to treat fear as an emotion that sharpens me. It's there to give me that edge for what I have to do.

If something scares me, then I have to do it. My biggest fear in life is fear.

If you fall, get back up. That's what life is about.