Lou Reed Quotes

You, sleeping on your bed of nails. Weeping an ocean beyond the pale. Strange, sorrow is your greatest skill. You're suffering from overkill... Choose whether to laugh or to cry. Menace and promise mingle in your eye. Wait, it's only a matter of time. You know everything will be fine... Rain falls down and the seas run high. When you're by my side we can rise above it. Let me dry all the tears inside. On your way you cannot hide from the howling wind and the roaring tide. You might get hurt but your fears will subside when you at last escape from the tears inside.

I'm not sure why I've decided to do this. I'm not any stronger than I was, and nothing else has changed. But all the same, this time I'm not going to run away. It's okay to feel weak sometimes. It's okay to be afraid. The important thing is that we face our fears. That's what makes us strong."-Yuki

To this day, I still would choose the angst over something easier, when I really don't have to.

I am not brave. I am very weak. I am trying to overcome my problems. I do cry, I do break but I think that's normal.

It's easy to be brave when they're not my fears.

Strength doesn't necessarily come from resisting fear, weakness, or any other feeling and overcoming it. Strength comes from looking at those things straight on--and accepting them as they really are.

A brave heart? It feels like a swollen and aching thing in my chest.

You don't have to be fearless to do anything, you can be scared out of your mind.

I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared.

Overcoming fear doesn't have to be skydiving, if you're afraid of heights. Overcoming fear is an everyday thing. We do it all day long.

Remember that all the others are more afraid than you

It's all right to be afraid. You just don't let it stop you from doing your job.

When she spoke again it was in the thin, careful and above all brave voice of someone who has pulled themselves together despite overwhelming odds but might let go again at any moment.

Sometimes I feel like there is so much to be afraid of, and sometimes I feel like there is nothing left to fear.

If I had faced it then, I wouldn't be facing it now, but sooner or later you have to choose between running and facing the thing you thought you could not face.

We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.

I have had a life in which I have had to face every big fear, and it has not been pleasant.

It’s important to be fearless yet vulnerable. It takes courage to do both.

It's important to do things that scare you to death!

Living fearlessly is not the same as never being afraid. It's good to be afraid occasionally. Fear is a great teacher.

Don't be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything.

Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn't change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging.

Fear is the root of all courage.

Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist. That is near insanity. Do not misunderstand me danger is very real but fear is a choice.