Sue Monk Kidd Quotes

But I didn’t dare. That has always been my trouble. I’ve never dared enough.

Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it.

Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

Courage is feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

Knowing you need to make a change isn't enough. You've got to find the guts to do it.

I'd decided to take the risk, and either I'd succeed or else.

Doubt is a necessary precondition tomeaningful action. Fear is the great mover in the end.

Hesitation only enlarges, magnifies the fear. Take action promptly. Be decisive.

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm damn well gonna do it!

The trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

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

In order to do any thing in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.

Do not dare not to dare.

Cowardice is how you decide to be in real life

If I stay in action, I won't live in fear.

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.

We may feel fear but we do not have to give in to it. We can do whatever we need and want to do, even if we have to "do it afraid." Courage is not the absence of fear; it is action in the presence of fear.

When thinking won't cure fear, action will.

Courage isn't just a matter of not being frightened, you know. It's being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway.

Courage is doing something you need to do that might get you hurt.

Fear is a part of everything you do ... You have to take great risks to get big rewards.

What man is such a coward he would not rather fall once than remain forever tottering?

Don't let fear govern your decision.