Carly Fiorina Quotes

I have a big fear of change, or negative change, anyway. I'm basically the same person I was when I won 'Idol,' or when I was 10.

I've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people.

I'm afraid of everything. I'm not a naturally courageous person.

Taking a new step. . .is what people fear most.

Because people are afraid of fear, they give up acre after acre of their own life.

Fear of trying causes paralysis. Trying causes only trembling and sweating.

Many times in life, we say we want change but are then terrified when the opportunity for it arrives.

That's part of your life lesson to be afraid. The bigger question is how you deal with being afraid. Do you have to summon courage or something else to live with that fear without letting it take you over?

One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.

Change is very scary.

We all have fears! Don't lie! We all have fears.

I had as many doubts as anyone else. Standing on the starting line, we're all cowards.

... from our vantage point it is now clear that the only thing the population had to fear was fear itself.

What if I told you that 10 years from now, your life would be exactly the same? I doubt you would be happy. So, why are you so afraid of change?

This is the century of fear.

Fear guides more than gratitude.

Fear - there's always fear. You re-create yourself in every movie, don't you?

Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear.

There's always fear. Always fear. Anyone who says they are not afraid is lying to you. Because this can all change tomorrow.

Fear keeps us rooted in the past. Fear of the unknown, fear of abandonment, fear of rejection, fear of not having enough, fear of not being enough, fear of the future-all these fears and more keep us trapped, repeating the same old patterns and making the same choices over and over again. Fear prevents us from moving outside the comfort-or even the familiar discomfort-of what we know. It's nearly impossible to achieve our highest vision for our lives as long as we are being guided by our fears.

Fear is the ultimate cause of failure and disappointment.

I think every writer doubts themselves, every day. You procrastinate because you're afraid. You're always afraid it's not going to be as good as you want it to be. But, the key is overcoming fear.

I think that fear comes about when there's things in the world that we want to change, things we're scared or angry about, and we can't change them, and so we become fearful; we develop anxiety.

I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no extensive knowledge of. But I do it very often because it scares me.