India Arie Quotes

Every day I do something that freaks me out.

I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness.

I'm at my most fulfilled challenging myself with something that scares me.

Everything worth doing starts with being scared.

Get more confidence by doing things that excite and frighten you.

I think there are lots of reasons to take projects. Being scared about one is always good.

Sometimes being scared of something can be good because it can give you strength. A great example for me would be acting in English! Basically, whenever I'm scared of a project, I know it's worth it.

It's easy when you grow up in fear to act out of fear. I don't want to embrace that fear; I prefer to be kind.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

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.

God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear.

Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.

You need fear to create, to live.

There were certainly things I was scared to do, but I never thought I wasn't up for the challenge.

You're not human if you don't feel fear. But I've learnt to treat fear as an emotion that sharpens me. It's there to give me that edge for what I have to do.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear.

You make progress; then you get courage to make more.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

I am not going to do anything unless I am afraid of it.

I think that feeling of being thrown into the deep end and doing something you never thought you would accomplish is really powerful.

The work I like to do is the work I'm most afraid of.

I just feel it's a shame to let fear get in your way and stop you achieving things.

I still get scared every time I go out. I get scared taking off; I get scared on the wave, falling, everything. But, you know, growing up with it, I guess you're a little more comfortable.

I very strongly dislike fear. I always say fear keeps us from living our lives and doing the things we want to do.