Jeff Gordon Quotes

Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.

Only a crazy person wouldn't fear approaching a car with tinted windows during a late-night car stop, or pounding up a flight of stairs to execute a search warrant, or fast-roping from a helicopter down into hostile fire. Real agents, like real people, feel that fear in the pit of their stomachs.

You can't test courage cautiously.

I am pretty fearless, and you know why? Because I don't handle fear very well; I'm not a good terrified person.

I've done routes where I've climbed 200 feet off the ground and just been, like, 'What am I doing?' I then just climbed back down and went home. Discretion is the better part of valor. Some days are just not your day. That's the big thing with free soloing: when to call it.

Against the bold, daring is unsafe.

Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.

Caution. Caution is nothing but cowardice!

Given the same amount of intelligence, timidity will do a thousand times more damage than audacity

He who fears dangers will not perish by them.

Don't be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything.

Rashness is oftener the resort of cowardice than of courage.

Fearlessness is a fool's boast, to my mind. The only men with no fear in them are dead, or the soon to be dead, maybe. Fear teaches you caution, and respect for your enemy, and to avoid sharp edges used in anger. All good things in their place, believe me. Fear can bring you out alive, and that's the very best anyone can hope for from any fight. Every man who's worth a damn feels fear. It's the use you make of it that counts.

I always try to push through fear. I won't be crippled by it. People say, "Oh you take such risks", or "You're brave." And I'm like, 'Well, if you knew - inside I'm really frightened!' But the way people navigate fear and pain is fascinating... The more you feel, the stronger the pain. And the more you engage in life, the more you have to lose.

Fear is the dream killer, the silent voice that pushes us to lose our passion in a vain attempt to seek safety.

You wouldn’t be normal if you were never afraid. Even the bravest men experience fear. One of the biggest jobs we all face in combat is to overcome fear.

Fear is something that can really hold us all back from different things in life. It's important to notice what your fears are and try to conquer them.

The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.

Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed.

Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.

Galladon paused for a moment, then laughed. "Does nothing frighten you, sule?" "Actually, pretty much everything here does—I'm just good at ignoring the fact that I'm terrified. If I ever realize how scared I am, you'll probably find me trying to hide under those cobblestones over there.

I have to keep facing the darkness. If I stand tall and face the thing I fear, I have a chance to conquer it. If I just keep dodging and hiding it will conquer me.

You never know what's around the corner unless you peek. Hold someone's hand while you do it. You will feel less scared.

Sometimes if something scares me, I lean right into it . I’m not a brave person— I’m more of a fearless idiot.

One thing I know for sure: it is only by doing what we fear that we can ever truly learn to be brave.