Cilla Black Quotes

My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway.

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

You can't let fear paralyze you. The worse that can happen is you fail, but guess what: You get up and try again. Feel that pain, get over it, get up, dust yourself off and keep it moving.

Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important.

I tend to do things that I'm very frightened of. That's what I do.

If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.

If something scares me, then I have to do it. My biggest fear in life is fear.

My biggest fear is fear itself. I never want to be afraid of doing something I want.

I believe in what I call 'the surfer's theory.' You see a really, really big wave. You keep surfing, keep going forward. You just don't look back.

I used to be really afraid and anxious of taking on too much, and the older I'm getting, the more fearless I'm becoming. Life is so much more relaxed when you're like that.

There's no reason to go back in the ring and prove anything.

If you don't go towards the thing you fear, you won't be able to say you lived.

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

I like to do something I fear.

You will never win if you never begin.

Living with fear stops us taking risks, and if you don't go out on the branch, you're never going to get the best fruit.

Too many people let others stand in their way and don't go back for one more try.

It is really hard for me to get out of my comfort zone.

If you think you've hit a false note, sing loud. When in doubt, sing loud.

Looking back on my life, I wish I'd stepped forward and made a fool of myself more often when I was younger - because when you do, you find out you can do it.

Oftentimes, people stay where they are in life simply because of fear. But do you know that fear isn't reality? It's only a thought in your mind.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

I remember my choir teacher in high school told me, 'When in doubt, sing loud.' I'm a terrible singer, but I always auditioned for the musicals, and would get cast in them because I really would just put it all out there. That was really good advice, and I think it works for everything, not just acting.