Kristen Stewart Quotes

Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but rather from getting to know them well.

the most terribly human moments - the ones we want to pretend never happened - are the very moments that make us who we are today. ... You are defined not by life's imperfect moments, but by your reaction to them.

Run towards your fears. Embrace them. On the other side of your greatest fears lives your greatest life.

Being vulnerable is allowing yourself to trust. That's hard for a lot of people to do. They feel a lot more secure if they kind of put walls around themselves. Then they don't have to trust anybody but themselves. But to allow you to trust not only yourself but trust others means - is what's required to be vulnerable, and to have that kind of trust takes courage.

It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.

I'm trying to make myself better. But I don't regret anything that I've gone through, because it makes me who I am.

To experience life you have to kind of face a lot of fears.

Everyone has their story. Everyone has issues. You have to face your fears.

I'm grateful for my brokenness. I'm grateful for my humility.

When you face your fears, you are free of them. There's nothing in the world I need to hide from again.

I come here not as a polished politician but as a woman who has had her fair share of life's knocks.

I need to be able to face things.

I had insecurities and fears like everybody does, and I got over it. But I was interested in the parts of me that struggled with those things.

The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.

People can change, learn, and grow, and it's better to face your demons instead of perpetually running away from them.

It's OK to feel pain and experience it. I'm not trying to fix myself. My suffering has given me so much.

I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person.

Strength doesn't necessarily come from resisting fear, weakness, or any other feeling and overcoming it. Strength comes from looking at those things straight on--and accepting them as they really are.

"Great suffering has a silver-lining that we can be grateful for, because it builds up a human being and puts him or her within reach of self-knowledge."

We grow fearless by walking into our fears.

Just because you feel fear doesn't mean you can't do it. Do it afraid

Your only real choices are to open fully and receive their gifts or crucify them and be relieved of their force...But you must be willing to feel your heart's terrors and wounds or else you will close and protect yourself, striking back at the source of openness you most yearn to become.

Being fearless doesn't mean living a life devoid of fear, but living a life in which our fears don't hold us back

Some weak people are so sensible of their weakness as to be able to make a good use of it.