James McBride Quotes

If you don't go towards the thing you fear, you won't be able to say you lived.

Isn't it about getting out of your comfort zone and getting off the couch and challenging yourself and forcing yourself to do things you wouldn't other do? Otherwise, what are you living for?

Just live life. That's the best way to learn how to act. Just live.

A line from one of my 1997 columns - 'Do one thing every day that scares you' - is now widely attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, though I have yet to see any evidence that she ever said it and I don't believe she did. She said some things about fear, but not that thing.

Once in a while it's good to challenge yourself in a way that's really daunting.

They say that life is tough enough. But I guess I like to make things difficult on myself, because I do that all the time. Every day and on purpose. That's because I believe in disrupting my comfort zone.

I'm always nudging myself into discomfort zones as much as I can.

You don't want to play in your shell.

Be not afraid of discomfort. If you can't put yourself in a situation where you are uncomfortable, then you will never grow. You will never change. You'll never learn.

I think I've gotten to the point in my life where I have to do everything that I'm scared of because you're not going to learn anything if you don't, so you just have to dive in the deep end and see if you can swim.

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.

My comfort zone is like a little bubble around me, and I've pushed it in different directions and made it bigger and bigger until these objectives that seemed totally crazy eventually fall within the realm of the possible.

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.

Someone once told me growth and comfort do not coexist. And I think it's a really good thing to remember.

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

You can stay in therapy your whole life, but you've got to live life and not talk about life.

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

The thing is most people are afraid to step out, to take a chance beyond their established identity.

I don't really feel comfortable unless I'm slightly uncomfortable. I don't want to play myself all the time.

I didn't plan to act, but I'm glad I'm doing it - and I just want to keep getting better.

I don't like being stagnant. I want to continue to grow and just be better at what I do, and the only way to do that is to keep stepping outside of your comfort zone.

To the degree we're not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves.

I just love expanding my horizons and growing as an artist. The only way you get to do that is by doing something that scares you or takes you out of your comfort zone.

Even when you're out with someone, you need to get out of your head. And you can try exercises by putting yourself in situations where you may not feel completely comfortable, like going to a gallery opening on your own.

I've been trying to figure out for at least the last 10 years how to force myself into something more risky.