Lisa Stansfield Quotes

The only things you regret are the things you don't do.

The more I do, the more frightened I get. But that is essential. Otherwise why would I go on doing it?

I just made the decision that I was going to try comedy, and if didn't work, then I knew it didn't work. Then I would go back and do whatever. But at least I wouldn't torture myself the rest of my life, wondering whatever would have happened.

I learned long ago you run unopposed, or you run scared.

I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no extensive knowledge of. But I do it very often because it scares me.

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

No one got anywhere by being too scared to open their mouth in case nobody laughed.

People who are scared don't live life.

We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.

I've been trying to figure out for at least the last 10 years how to force myself into something more risky.

But I'm someone who the more afraid I am, the more I want to do it to get the fear over with.

Sorry; I have no space left for advice. Just do it.

We always make so many excuses for ourselves - 'I'm so busy, I'm so tired, I don't want to do it.' You know? 'I'm passionate about it, but I'm not going to be the person that changes things.' Why do we tell ourselves that? We totally could. There are so many people who are making so much change just because they're passionate.

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

Action cures fear. Indecision, postponement, on the other hand, fertilize fear.

Whenever I get stuck on something, I'm like, 'What would I do if I wasn't afraid? What would I write if I wasn't afraid? What would I say in this situation if I wasn't afraid?'

I knew I could make people laugh but I was frightened of doing it. I thought, 'What if I'm crap, what if I'm no good at it?', but I knew I should have a go and shouldn't sit inside watching other people do it on television.

I was a little careful when I first started off. A lot of times, for example, I thought, 'Oh, I can't pull that song off.' I should have just done it.

The only regrets I have are things I didn't do.

Everybody has had that experience of really wanting to do something and being afraid.

Embrace the fear and go for it. That's what I do. I don't run from it - I embrace the fear.

Often any decision, even the wrong decision, is better than no decision.

My advice is don't keep asking yourself if you can do something. Just get out there and do it. You can really surprise yourself.

You will never win if you never begin.