Steven Pressfield Quotes

I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared.

There's nothing wrong with being afraid. It's not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it. Sometimes you've got to blast through and have faith.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do.

External fears cease of their own accord when once we have conquered these traitors within the camp.

I have overcome most of my fears.

Fear mustn't take control of us.

I think it's okay to be afraid, but it's not okay to let it rule your life.

Whatever baggage you have, use it. Conquer it. Don’t let it stop you.

I didn’t want the attacks to affect me. I don’t believe you should be led by fear.

In order to overcome fear, your dream must become bigger than fear.

Remember that all the others are more afraid than you

Everything we run away from has power over us;everything we go through,we conquer.

I try to think of a way to get there without going past it. There are lots of ways, but they all have me walking a little farther. And that's stupid, I decide. What am I, a little kid? I can stand to see something it hurts to want. I can see it and then just keep walking. It happens to lots of people everyday. We all survive.

It's gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity.

I feel like through martial arts I'm able to face my fears head on. It makes me not run away from challenges in life. I'm able to transfer my martial arts training over to other challenges. To be able to conquer your fears is the best feeling in the world.

I am not a rodeo clown, like, "Everything is awesome!" I really worked hard on myself and things and struggled to get to a good place, to a better place.

A man is not little when he finds it difficult to cope with circumstances, but when circumstances overmaster him.

When I myself had twice or thrice made a resolute resistance unto anger, the like befell me that did the Thebans; who, having once foiled the Lacedaemonians (who before that time had held themselves invincible), never after lost so much as one battle which they fought against them.

There were all kinds of things I was afraid of at first, ranging from grizzly bears to 'mean' horses and gun-fighters; but by acting as if I was not afraid I gradually ceased to be afraid.

The moment you conquer one fear is the minute you conquer many fears.

Let's not be afraid of anything that can't really hurt us.

It takes all the time and all the energy we have to conquer the idiocy in us

Fear can infect us early in life until eventually it cuts a deep groove of apprehension in all our thinking. To counteract it, let faith, hope and courage enter your thinking. Fear is strong, but faith is stronger yet.