David Viscott Quotes

Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.

My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage.

My advice is don't keep asking yourself if you can do something. Just get out there and do it. You can really surprise yourself.

Fear can be good when you're walking past an alley at night or when you need to check the locks on your doors before you go to bed, but it's not good when you have a goal and you're fearful of obstacles. We often get trapped by our fears, but anyone who has had success has failed before.

Unfortunately, unless we're focused on building up our courage, which gives us our self-confidence and all that we need to make quantum change in our lives, the voice of fear will always take the lead inside our minds.

I'd like to show people that if you put the hard work in and you believe in yourself, then you can do whatever you want to.

Sometimes the mere assumption that you have the right to go, will get you there!

You have to let fear go. Another lesson is you just have to believe in yourself; you just have to. There's no way around it. No matter how things are stacked against you, you just have to every time.

I learned that if I put my mind to something vocally, I can pull it off. You just have to get your head-space right.

Hard work eliminates fear. That's how I think.

You can accomplish whatever you want to. You just got to throw your hat in the ring. You've got to get out there and do it.

A lot of people don't start something because of fear because they're scared of a negative outcome. Whereas I believe if you focus on negativity, you'll make nothing of your life.

Every time I started going in the direction of thinking how it might turn out, I started to just turn my brain around and not go there, because I think the surest way to guarantee that you won't win is to assume that you will.

Being idealistic really helps you overcome some of the many obstacles put in your path.

Because if you're prepared and you know what it takes, it's not a risk. You just have to figure out how to get there. There is always a way to get there.

You can do anything you want to do, if you know what to do.

The first step is you have to say that you can.

If you're so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.

Follow your dreams, believe in yourself and don't give up.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

I was always much more shy. All I knew was that I loved to act. But I don't know about the other part of it. I'm not sure I had the chutzpah to go and prove yourself.

Failure isn't an option. I've erased the word 'fear' from my vocabulary, and I think when you erase fear, you can't fail.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

Now I have the bravery to do fine things.

Oftentimes, people stay where they are in life simply because of fear. But do you know that fear isn't reality? It's only a thought in your mind.