Delhi Ganesh Quotes

A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.

I think to be courageous, you have to be afraid. For me, it feels very courageous when I go skiing because I'm very, very afraid to ski. It's dangerous! I feel very scared. But when I'm acting, I don't feel very scared.

A lot of the physical flirtation with fear I did early on in my career, when I was a much younger person - stuff I wouldn't do now. But I was very interested in the mechanics of risk and fear in those days. And I found out fear pretty much always feels the same, whether it's doing a rock climb or speaking in front of an audience.

But I love being scared. I think you're brave only when you do things that scare you. I've always used fear as a motivator. I'm not sure why.

The ads all call me fearless, but that's just publicity. Anyone who thinks I'm not scared out of my mind whenever I do one of my stunts is crazier than I am.

I like to do my own stunts, but sometimes you need a little bit of help.

Sometimes, there's a fine line between bravery and utter stupidity. The day I decided to climb into a boxing ring for a professional fight was probably on the side of stupidity.

I ignore my fear,” he says. “When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn’t exist.” I stare at him for a second. I can’t help it. To me there’s a difference between not being afraid and acting in spite of fear, as he does.

One of my mantras is if I'm scared to do something, that means that I have to do it.

Oh, well, faint heart never won so much as a scrap of paper

I never take counsel of my fears.

What is courage? Courage is the willingness to risk failure...There is only one danger I find in life, and that, indeed, is a real one. You may take too many precautions.

We must substitute courage for caution.

To me fearless isn't not having fears, it's not that you're not afraid of anything. I think that being fearless is having a lot of fears, but you jump anyway.

You haven't hurt people—you've given them an opportunity. They just have to be brave enough to take it.

If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.

I will venture to go... but remember that you must hold the ropes.

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer, an almost physical nerve, the kind you need to walk a log across a river.

Do what you're afraid to do.

All is possible for those who dare to die!

It's important to do things that scare you to death!

You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.

All of us experience fear, but when we confront and acknowledge it, we are able to turn it into courage. Being courageous does not mean never being scared; it means acting as you know you must even though you are undeniably afraid.

- Some men think because they are afraid to do. - There is a difference between fear and caution.

Most of the reason we don’t do things is because we’re afraid to fail. I just made a decision one day that I was not not going to do things in my life because of fear.