Aldous Harding Quotes

Putting myself out there knowing I can be criticized - it's ironic, but to me, that's the most empowering thing.

At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared myself to do that, to stand out. Now I'll talk about being beaten up or robbed or making a stupid decision because of a girl or whatever.

I try to be unafraid of making a fool of myself.

I'm not scared to sing songs. I'm not scared to walk out the front door and make a mistake.

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

There’s nothing more daring than showing up, putting ourselves out there and letting ourselves be seen.

I'm not afraid to look bad on the screen.

Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.

The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.

I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things.

I try not to worry about what that's going to look like. If you worry about looking stupid, that's when you look really stupid.

I've been very much intrigued by and impressed with women. But I've never been intimidated. Even if I make a fool of myself, it's better to have tried.

My biggest strength is I'm courageous, or if I am afraid of something, I do it anyway. I do what I feel. It's nothing personal against anyone, so that courageousness has been very good to me.

I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.

You have to face things, have faith in what you do and go for it. Think, 'What's the worst that could happen?'

Letting go of things and not being afraid of being ridiculous or over the top - I think that's the main thing for me to work on.

Have the courage of your desire.

As soon as you become afraid to make a fool of yourself, you're in trouble. I decided I may as well just see if I can live with myself making millions of mistakes and learn something from it.

You have to be willing to accept the idea that people may think you're stupid.

Sometimes I get so bold and I'm so confident about what I'm doing that I actually try to be more of a dork because it's a really liberating feeling to experience what it's like to not care.

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

There is something about boldness and fearlessness and being free enough to speak what is on one's mind that warrants freedom.

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

There are individuals who can support you, but frequently, you have to risk putting yourself out there - and sometimes you just have to push.

A lot of guys... they want to take the big shot, and they talk about it because they're scared of it. You never heard me talk about it. You heard a lot of guys talk about it. But you don't have to talk about it, because if you have the confidence in yourself, and your team believes in you, you don't fear anything. You don't fear losing.