Daisaku Ikeda Quotes

I tend to do things that I'm very frightened of. That's what I do.

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

You just can't think of safe options always. You have to accept challenges head on.

So carry your courage in an easily accessible place, the way you do your cellphone or your wallet. You may still falter or fail, but you always know that you pushed hard and aimed high. Take a leap of faith. Fear not. Courage is the ultimate career move.

Courage is one step ahead of fear.

It's the lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself. He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

Compared to the coward that never made the attempt, he is a hero.

For all the courage that we never had, I'm just about glad.

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer, an almost physical nerve, the kind you need to walk a log across a river.

Without courage we will simply accumulate a collection of good ideas and regrets.

We must constantly dare ourselves in the small things, until courage becomes a habit of mind that will serve us when we are unexpectedly tested.

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult.

I like to do something I fear.

They will take a role that scares them over a role that doesn't. That's another thing I like about actors.

I'm fearless, to a degree.

I tend to think you're fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway.

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.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

I want to be fearless.

Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.

Living is risking.

My biggest fear is fear itself. I never want to be afraid of doing something I want.

It is extremely important for one to face their fears and live a bold life.

I'm here to let everyone know I'm taking bigger fights and I'm not afraid on taking the bigger challenges.

If someone dares me to do something I'll just do it.