Brian Tracy Quotes

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

The next time you encounter fear, consider yourself lucky. This is where the courage comes in. Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear. When I was first married, my husband said I was one of the bravest people he knew. When I asked him why, he said because I was a complete coward but went ahead and did things anyhow.

I feel the fear, but I walk fast toward it.

Today's Declaration: I am courageous. I am willing to act in spite of fear.

You look at a guy who's being brave. He's afraid, or he wouldn't be brave. If he isn't afraid, he's stupid.

Courage, like fear, is a habit. The more you do it, the more you do it, and this habit-of stepping up, of taking action-more than anything else, will move you in a different direction.

To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man.

Courage is clearly a readiness to risk self-humiliation.

Courage is doing something despite the fear, and I've worked hard on being a courageous person.

I ignore my fear,” he says. “When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn’t exist.” I stare at him for a second. I can’t help it. To me there’s a difference between not being afraid and acting in spite of fear, as he does.

Because,' she said, 'when you're scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave.

Only a fool is never afraid, Frank. Heroes are the people who carry on despite their fear, because they know the job’s got to get done

Bravery does not mean being fearless. It means to be full of fear but still not being dominated by it.

Somehow or another, my mother taught me to push through my fear, always. Feel the fear and do it anyway.

You get those occasional moments when you're absolutely calm, and you've just done something that would have scared you shitless earlier that day, and you've just done it like it was nothing. I find that very relaxing.

Brave, bold people, these are what we want.

We grow fearless when we do the things we fear.

Courage is more important than confidence

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do.

But if you must be clever, then be clever. Be brave. Sleep with fists closed and shoot straight.

I was a coward. I went to the war.

Courage, after all, is not being unafraid, but doing what needs to be done in spite of fear.

When I was 10, I beat up the school bully. His arms were in casts. That's what gave me the courage.

Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You've taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway.

Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.