Sarah Ban Breathnach Quotes

When you finally understand who you are, ages 6 through 60 will understand who you are. Because when they see a person that's come through all that I've come through, still standing, it's amazing.

Find yourself for courage and confidence are as easy as breathing to the person who really knows who he is.

My cancer allowed me to explore who I really was. Now I feel like a woman who's able to handle whatever life has dealt her.

I'm not afraid of a rant, am I? I've got to that point where I've just become a woman; I think I've just grown.

There are no makeovers in my books. The ugly duckling does not become a beautiful swan. She becomes a confident duck able to take charge of her own life and problems.

I'm a black lady from the Lower East Side of New York. Not a lot intimidates me.

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

My roots allow me to let go of the fear of failure.

I think I learned I'm braver than I think I am.

We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat so that we can know who we are. So that we can see, "Oh, that happened, and I rose. I did get knocked down flat in front of the whole world, and I rose. I didn't run away; I rose right where I'd been knocked down." That's how you get to know yourself.

There's a hero if you look inside your heart. You don't have to be afraid of what you are.

I'm a grown woman. I've earned my experiences, my scars.

Great things happen when you have the courage to be yourself

The thing that I think was very brave of my younger self was that he decided he would be an idiot. Just persevere. That feels brave to me: deciding that I'm going to damn well be this person that I've set my heart on being.

I am finding that vulnerability gives me great strength, because you're not hiding anymore. It's really about being a pioneer for myself, going into the places where I am not being taught. I have to teach myself.

I won't let others stoke fear in my heart. I choose to remain true to who I am and where my dreams direct me no matter the hardship I might incur. I remember it always: Fear wins or Freedom wins, and I choose Freedom.

Fear aint in the heart of me, i learned just do it, you get courage from your fears right after you go through it.

I'm filled with awe, as I always am, as I watch her transform from a woman who calls me to kill a spider to a woman immune to fear.

I grew to see my affliction as my gift. When I sang, I soared. I could soar higher than all those hurts aimed at my heart. All I needed was the courage to be me.

I think after overcoming breast cancer, you sort of become fearless and somehow going up to your boss to talk about a possible promotion doesn't seem like such a daunting task anymore.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born.

It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.

The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It's not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream of being; it's about self-revelation, becoming who you are.