Charles Frazier Quotes

Here is my biggest takeaway after 60 years on the planet: There is great value in being fearless. For too much of my life, I was too afraid, too frightened by it all. That fear is one of my biggest regrets.

You want to be a hero? Learn to create certainty in the face of fear.

I’m not young anymore. I don’t wanna start over again.

He wished he could've explained some of this. How he had been braver than he ever thought possible, but how he had not been so brave as he wanted to be. The distinction was important.

I don't like anything that scares me, and I prefer to face it head on and get over it. Anyone who says they're not scared is a fool, a liar or both. I just don't want that fear in my stomach to be part of my life, so I work to eliminate it.

I like to do things that frighten me. When I’m afraid, I understand more things. I want the feeling... All my instincts cry out against it, every morning anew. Then I say, ‘I should do it. If I don’t do it, no one will do it for me.

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

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

If you don't go towards the thing you fear, you won't be able to say you lived.

I wish I was more adventurous.

I like to do something I fear.

If a part terrifies me, that is definitely a reason to do it.

I think the moments that are difficult for anybody are when you see what your life could be, if only you had the courage to take the steps needed.

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.

We repress the things we're scared of, but if we just look at and embrace the things we're scared of, it's a much fuller, richer life that's also not as scary.

There's nothing like overcoming something that scares you so much. Nothing feels better.

If you have something that you know is important to you and vital to you... then this will perhaps help people understand the importance of confronting it and being brave about it.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

I tend to go toward things that make me afraid.

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.

All that time I spent chasing Yale was time I could have been using to actually make a difference in the world. Bravery, not perfection, was the key that unlocked all the doors I've walked through since.

Fear is the root of all courage.

We grow fearless by walking into our fears.

Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it.

The major thing I'm afraid of is being 65 and saying, 'Gee, I wish I had done this and that, and that.' I want to face old age knowing I've tried all I wanted to try.