William Jennings Bryan Quotes

When I was younger, I barely talked. I was scared of people. I had to learn how to cultivate that confidence.

I started when I was in college because I was shy and thought it would be a good way to break out of that.

The greatest barrier to someone achieving their potential is their denial of it.

Unless I try, I'm never really going to be at ease with myself.

I was a very shy kid. In 8th grade, I had a teacher who got me into improv.

As you grow older, you want to learn, you want to change, you want to evolve and you don't want to live in fear. Fear is the mind killer.

Anything that we can do to help men be more confident, I think that's going to be a net positive.

It's murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point. As hard as it is in your work, it's harder in your life. But it can be done.

I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear - it was not a fear of not being accepted - was a very violent fear of failure.

I'm still shy - I'm no good at my children's parent-teacher conferences, and I'm slowly learning how to ask for what I want. But I now know that I have a reserve of courage to draw upon when I really need it. There's nothing that I'm too scared to have a go at.

I like to do something I fear.

We all put obstacles in our own path toward personal style, myself included. If we understood why we constructed these practical and emotional obstacles, we might move beyond it to healthier, happier perceptions of ourselves and, ideally, a better sense of self-esteem.

You will always move toward anyone who increases you and away from anyone who makes you less.

My main focus in sobriety has been to replace fear with faith or love.

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

Confidence comes with maturity, being more accepting of yourself.

I'm a firm believer in doing things that scare you.

Fear runs our lives. It doesn't matter who you are. You have to understand your relationship with fear. Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.

I've played so many jobs where I'm fearless, but it's far from me. I wish I were like that in real life.

I think my whole life, because of where I came from, I had a fear of failure.

I started doing motivational tours. I've seen all kinds of people, from the CEOs to the lowest executive, opening up to their fears. We don't introspect as much as we should.

When you're shy, the worst thing you can do is go into all these casting rooms and be scrutinized. But with shyness, I think you just have to bite the bullet.

I'm quite shy. Really. I'm trying to expand myself as a person more, get involved with people.

You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.

Every time I act on a fear, I feel disappointed in myself. I have a lot of fear. If I can quit all fear in my life and all guilt, then I tend to be much, much more living up to my standards. I've never seen a person fail if they didn't fear failure.