Tom Wilkinson Quotes

I need to be able to face things.

If you want to end your isolation, you must be honest about what you want at a core level and decide to go after it.

I found at an early age the times when I learned the most about myself was when I got thrown out there on a stage in front of a microphone when you didn't really want to be out there, where you're kind of afraid.

There's nothing like overcoming something that scares you so much. Nothing feels better.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

It's so easy to do things you like. But then, the thing is, when you're afraid of something, face it; go for it. You become a better human being.

I think a lot of times you have to face your fears. I think everybody has to face their fears.

The one thing you learn is when you can step out of your comfort zone and be uncomfortable, you see what you're made of and who you are.

At man's core there is a voice that wants him never to give in to fear. But if it is true that in general man cannot give in to fear, at the very least he postpones indefinitely the moment when he will have to confront himself with the object of his fear... when he will no longer have the assistance of reason as guaranteed by God, or when he will no longer have the assistance of God such as reason guaranteed. It is necessary to recoil, but it is necessary to leap, and perhaps one only recoils in order to leap better.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

It's murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point. As hard as it is in your work, it's harder in your life. But it can be done.

I like to do something I fear.

I feel myself becoming the fearless person I have dreamt of being. Have I arrived? No. But I'm constantly evolving and challenging myself to be unafraid to make mistakes.

High school students ought to seek out campus communities where they feel not only empowered to engage their talents, but also challenged to leave their comfort zones. The ability to embrace new opportunities emerges, in part, from a willingness to take risks and to fail.

I'm a big believer in the notion that our greatest potential lies in our darkest parts. To a certain extent it's only in facing those parts of ourselves that we can truly grow, and I think that's true of all of the characters I've played, certainly in the past few years.

By the second time I sang by myself in school, I just realized that I was more in control of my environment than I had ever been before.

Unless I try, I'm never really going to be at ease with myself.

Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.

I think you have to ask questions that are scary to ask, and you cannot apologize for that, and you cannot worry what anyone else thinks about your journey.

If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.

If you don't stand up to your fears, have bravery, loyalty, and you don't have friends, you'll never win. You'll never feel better about yourself.

You learn who you really are in a fight - what you're really made of. You have to face yourself and rise above your own fears and failings.

You have to have the courage to face the unexpected. This is the difference between people who do things and people who don't dare, who don't dare to live.

I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important.

Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.