Seanan McGuire Quotes

Fear is a weakness. It makes a person lose her nerve and her cool. It makes people jumpy and organizations nervous, and when that happens, there is always a chance to take advantage.

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

FEAR IS THE MIND-KILLER. FEAR IS THE LITTLE-DEATH THAT BRINGS TOTAL OBLITERATION.

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

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?

People avoid action. Often because they are afraid of the consequences, for action means risk and danger. Danger seems terrible from a distance; it is not so bad if you have a close look at it

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

The truth is, I was afraid the day I walked into Stanford. And I was afraid the day I walked out.

Fear can be one of the most destructive emotions. It is, of course, also very important, in that fear sometimes stops you from doing stupid things. But it can also stop you from doing creative or exciting or experimental things. It can cloud your judgement of others, and lead to all kinds of evil. The control and understanding of our personal fears is one of the most important undertakings of our lives.

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.

The way you conquer fear is to feel it all the way, and then you'll find out that there's nothing there - it's just emotion.

Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people don't choose what they want; they choose what they think is safe.

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

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

Remember that all the others are more afraid than you

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

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

Bunkum and tummyrot! You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that. Would Columbus have discovered America if he'd said 'What if I sink on the way over? What if I meet pirates? What if I never come back?' He wouldn't even have started.

When you teach them-teach them not to fear. Fear is good in small amounts, but when it is a constant, pounding companion, it cuts away at who you are and makes it hard to do what you know is right.

There are two reasons why people fail. One is irresponsibility. The second is fear.

For many years we have suckled on fear and fear alone, and there is no good product of fear.

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

Fear is the most damnable, damaging thing to human personality in the whole world.

Fear doesn't go away but you walk toward fear naked and the gate opens.

It's important to do things that scare you to death!