Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes

When I was younger, I was afraid to be myself.

Sometimes, my self-doubt became self-limiting.

In all the difficult decisions that I made through the course of running Loudcloud and Opsware, I never once felt brave. In fact, I often felt scared to death. I never lost those feelings, but after much practice, I learned to ignore them. That learning process might also be called the courage development process.

Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.

I've learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for you. The journey is valuable, but believing in your talents, your abilities, and your self-worth can empower you to walk down an even brighter path. Transforming fear into freedom - how great is that?

I'm full of self-doubt. I doubt everything I do. Everything I do is a failure.

The deepest parts of you know that if freedom from fear was as easy as 'creating a new reality' for yourself, then you would already be the fearless person you know in your heart that you're meant to be.

The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.

The best gift you can give yourself is getting over the fear of embarrassment because then you're completely free to try anything.

I grew up really timid, anxious kid, and I never really had to stand up for myself.

I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear - it was not a fear of not being accepted - was a very violent fear of failure.

It's easy when you grow up in fear to act out of fear. I don't want to embrace that fear; I prefer to be kind.

The way we can allow ourselves to do what we need to, no matter what others may say or do, is to choose love and defy fear.

The strength of any weakness within us is the degree to which it is feared.

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.

Confront your fears, list them, get to know them, and only then will you be able to put them aside and move ahead.

Fear is natural. Be with it.

I find fear is a great motivator to work hard.

I discovered that the world frightens you with your shortcomings, but if you do not worry about it, you are liberated.

I have learned to take the part of me that is very fearful and work on that. There is space for that in my life. I have learned to give myself a bit more freedom between 'action' and 'cut.' I come by all that fear honestly, like most humans have. I can't bring it with me to work, so in that way, the work feels quite liberating.

Only the insecure strive for security.

Fear runs our lives. It doesn't matter who you are. You have to understand your relationship with fear. Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.

It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear.

I think my whole life, because of where I came from, I had a fear of failure.

A lot of us are ruled by fear during our lives - afraid we'll get burgled, afraid a dog will bite us, afraid we'll get fat, afraid someone will leave us. Once you lose fear, life becomes sweeter, and that happens as you get older. I'm sure by the time I'm 80, I'll be able to do absolutely anything!