Rosa Parks Quotes

We must not be shocked into impotence because we are afraid of the difficulty of the alternatives facing us.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.

Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

I am never afraid of what I know.

Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.

I don't live in as much fear as I used to. I'm not afraid of the music business. Life is too damn short. I know what's important, and the tasks are very clear.

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

When I've known something is right, the actual doing of it is not scary. It's like being onstage or performing. After it and before it, there might be a lot of fear, but the act of it is never scary for me.

Cowards hide [...] but warriors lie and wait [...] the only difference is whether you're motivated by fear or purpose.

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.

Do it trembling if you must, but do it!

Fear will try to keep you from taking that first step. Don't give in to fear, do it afraid.

You can't avoid fear. No magic potion will take it away. And you can't wait for motivation to get you going. To conquer fear, you have to feel the fear and take action anyway.

Even if you feel fear, you still have to go ahead and do what you believe in.

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.

Action conquers fear.

To be really happy, we must throw our hearts over the bar and hope that our bodies will follow.

To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.

Failure isn't an option. I've erased the word 'fear' from my vocabulary, and I think when you erase fear, you can't fail.

Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright.

I have a vision, and I know I'm right.

Fighters display two things. They display confidence, or they display a look that says, 'I'm not sure.'

I am not afraid... I was born to do this.