Octavia Spencer Quotes

I've learned in my life that it's important to be able to step outside your comfort zone and be challenged with something you're not familiar or accustomed to. That challenge will allow you to see what you can do.

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

The more you seek the uncomfortable, the more you will become comfortable.

I really try to put myself in uncomfortable situations. Complacency is my enemy.

I learned to always take on things I'd never done before.

I'm a relatively shy person, but I love being challenged and putting myself in positions that are scary.

Too many people don't do things for fear of falling. You'll never get good unless you fall. Experiences and new accomplishments are feelings we should never lose.

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

I wish for a world where everyone understands that discomfort is the price of legendary. And fear is just growth coming to get you.

Embarrassment is where growth happens.

I'm at my most fulfilled challenging myself with something that scares me.

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

I still find it hard to push my own limits. I know where my limits are and that I always have to push myself.

To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.

Every day I do something that freaks me out.

He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.

Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from.

God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear.

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

I've arrived at the place if I'm not taking a career risk, I'm not happy. If I'm scared, then I know I'm being challenged.

It's good for me to do things outside my comfort zone and push myself.

Why do I want to be challenged or have challenges? That's why I don't go climb mountains.

There were certainly things I was scared to do, but I never thought I wasn't up for the challenge.

I would like to do theatre because it scares me, and I think you should do things that scare you.

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