Steven Moffat Quotes

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

You can't be afraid. You can be sad if you like. You can be angry. But it's the fear that'll freeze you in place.

Surrendering to fear and allowing ourselves to be paralyzed by peril isn't something most of us can afford to do.

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

Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.

Courage is about learning how to function despite the fear, to put aside your instincts to run or give in completely to the anger born from fear. Courage is about using your brain and your heart when every cell of your body is screaming at your to fight or flee - and then following through on what you believe is the right thing to do.

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

Now, don't be angry after you've been afraid. That's the worst kind of cowardice.

Fear is a hard thing to deal with. I feel it quite strongly. If I think something is important enough, I'll make myself do it in spite of fear. But it can really sap the will. I hate fear, I wish I had it less.

Being scared isn't the problem. It's not running away that's the hard part.

You can't be afraid until you have no other option but to be afraid.

Sometimes it takes more courage to get up and run than to stay. You either just do it or you don't. I got so scared the first day in combat I just decided to go along with it.

Learning how to face fear really makes you invincible because you stop being scared.

I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.

Attacking or fleeing are part of the struggle; being paralysed by fear is not.

When I am scared of something, I run towards it, instead of away from it.

Although fear in the right dosage and under the right circumstance protects us ... imaginary fear offers straitjackets instead of lifejackets, nooses instead of safety nets.

Running away from fear is fear; fighting pain is pain; trying to be brave is being scared

But maybe what I saw as fearless was actually fear under control.

Life is made of fear. Some people eat fear soup three times a day. Some people eat fear soup all the meals there are. I eat it sometimes. When they bring me fear soup to eat, I try not to eat it, I try to send it back. But sometimes I'm too afraid to and have to eat it anyway.

I generally don't climb something if it makes me feel fear. The beauty of soloing is that there's no pressure - no one's telling me to do it. So if something seems scary, I don't have any obligation to do it. I can prepare further or just walk away entirely.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

I am pretty fearless, and you know why? Because I don't handle fear very well; I'm not a good terrified person.

There's fear in everything, but we can't just succumb to that. We have to suppress it, so we get used to suppressing fear to make it through the our day. Otherwise, we'd become paralyzed by them.

Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.