Conan O'Brien Quotes

I was afraid of being a failure, of not having the best time or of being chicken. But every year I get older I think, What was I fearing last year?' You forget. And then you move on.

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

Fear is like a black cavern that is terrifying. Once you enter the cavern and explore it, you realize that you can get out of it, go through it and get out of it.

There's something great about all your worst fears coming true and being said about you. There's a tremendous liberation on some level.

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

You have to try things you're really afraid of, even if you pee yourself a little bit.

I came across the idea of running towards the things that frighten you. Once you go and do it, you realise that the fear of it is far more powerful than actually doing it.

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.

Accepting fear head-on is freeing.

I can honestly say that probably 95% of the things I was afraid of, it turned out I had no reason to be. So drop fear by the wayside. Just... let it go. Then make way for a surprising tomorrow.

Whenever you're scared of something, don't let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.

To move past fear is a cliche.

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.

I've been scared and I've liked not hanging on to stuff where I know that I'm in my comfort zone.

I like to do something I fear.

I live my life through fear. If I'm afraid of it I'll do it just so I'm not afraid of it anymore.

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.

For me, personally, when I'm afraid of something - when you're afraid of something, normally you try to go away, you try to avoid it. Instead of avoiding it, to overcome your fear, I believe you need to embrace it.

It's something I want to overcome. And my kids are scared to death to fly. I want them to witness me overcome it.

If something scares me, then I have to do it.

We all have a fear of the unknown what one does with that fear will make all the difference in the world.

Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.

A line from one of my 1997 columns - 'Do one thing every day that scares you' - is now widely attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, though I have yet to see any evidence that she ever said it and I don't believe she did. She said some things about fear, but not that thing.

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.

Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.