Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.

If something scares me, then I have to do it.

Do one thing today that scares you - and you already know what that is! - and go do it. Even if you just make one step toward it, it will help you look at the world differently.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

The best piece of advice someone has ever given me was 'do it scared.' And no matter if you're scared, just go ahead and do it anyway because you might as well do it scared, so it will get done and you will feel so much better if you step out of your comfort zone.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to 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.'

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

You have to try things you're really afraid of, even if you pee yourself a little bit.

I've always gone after fears and tried to stifle them by doing them. It is daunting, but it's more rewarding.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

Do things that are uncomfortable to do. I say that because women tend to step back from things that they don't know about. And the second, most important one is, push through the fear.

Half of learning a new element is just getting over the fear of doing it. Once you mentally prepare yourself enough to do the jump, that is really half the battle.

I like to do something I fear.

With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.

I need to be able to face things.

Once upon a time, I was very shy and you wouldn't even see me in a room. Then, when I was 16, I made the conscious decision to not be afraid of anything - this was about the time I picked up the bagpipes too - and my life pretty much changed forever.

Though it's a small price to pay, shaving my head has opened more doors than I ever thought possible.

I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important.

I was kind of a scaredy-cat as a kid, and I made a very deliberate decision at some point that I was not going to let fear rule my life or determine my experience. That wasn't so easily accomplished.

It's so easy to do things you like. But then, the thing is, when you're afraid of something, face it; go for it. You become a better human being.

Every time I feel fearful of something now, I do it.

We grow fearless by walking into our fears.

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.

I always choose to do the thing that scares me.