Roy H. Williams Quotes

In order to overcome fear, your dream must become bigger than fear.

The experience of overcoming fear is extraordinarily delightful.

Every time I am fearful I think to myself, the reason they do this is to discourage me from doing what I do. Hence, if I discontinue my work I will have succumbed to my fears.

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.

Fear is not negative. We should overcome all our fears and this in turn would make us stronger. As soon as we overcome our fears we can face any challenge.

I'm motivated by fear...a fear of fear. I hate being afraid to do something.

My chief task has been to conquer fear. The public sees only the thrill of the accomplished trick; they have no conception of the tortuous preliminary self-training that was necessary to conquer fear.

I am Constantly afraid, but it's a big driving force in my life. I'm more likely to try and tackle a fear than let it control me.

One of my mantras is if I'm scared to do something, that means that I have to do it.

When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.

As a young man, I yearned for the day when, rooted in the experience that comes only with age, I could do my work fearlessly. But today, in my mid-sixties, I realize that I will feel fear from time to time for the rest of my life. I may never get rid of my fear. But . . . I can learn to walk into it and through it whenever it rises up . . . naming the inner force that triggers . . . fear . . . Naming our fears aloud . . . is the first step toward transcending them.

One thing I know for sure: it is only by doing what we fear that we can ever truly learn to be brave.

Fear is your greatest obstacle - so question your fear. If it does not serve your greatest life then do not make it your master.

I hope that you will learn to take responsibility for your decisions. Don't take counsel of your fears.

But I love being scared. I think you're brave only when you do things that scare you. I've always used fear as a motivator. I'm not sure why.

Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.

Each time you choose not to act on a frightened part of your personality, you create authentic power - and you grow spiritually. The frightened parts of your personality come less frequently and with less intensity, and the loving parts fill more and more of your consciousness.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

If it scares me, it means I'm supposed to do it.

When I am scared, I push myself and get the best out of myself.

It wasn't easy to leave my comfort zone and chase my dreams. However, it is important to believe in yourself.

Throughout my career, the pounding in my heart, the fright, has been ever-present, but I never turned back. Fear can be a highly motivational part of the journey.

Courage has to do with controlling fear and it seems to me that focus has a way of overcoming anxiety.

I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.