Vincent D'Onofrio Quotes

But we both came to the decision that the powerful thing is to go into your fear, walk in there with it, don't walk away from it, and to try to be true to it.

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.

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.

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

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

I tend to go toward things that make me afraid.

My biggest fear is fear itself. I never want to be afraid of doing something I want.

I had paralyzing fear as a kid. I couldn't watch horror movies, nothing. The funny thing is I got so sick of being afraid that I started doing it deliberately and instead of being afraid in my bed I would sit up on my bed and say, 'ok, come on, show yourself, do it.'

I find my greatest strength in wanting to be strong. I find my greatest bravery in deciding to be brave. I don't know if I've ever realized it before,[...] I think we both realize it now. If there's no feeling of fear, then there's no need for courage.

You know, whenever I was presented with a challenge that brought up feelings of fear or self-doubt, I almost always said, 'Yes'.

That's what courage is. If she weren't scared, she wouldn't need courage in the first place." -Jo

I am not a courageous person by nature. I have simply discovered that, at certain key moments in this life, you must find courage in yourself, in order to move forward and live. It is like a muscle and it must be exercised, first a little, and then more and more. All the really exciting things possible during the course of a lifetime require a little more courage than we currently have. A deep breath and a leap.

The great contributors in life are those who, though afraid of the knock at the door, still answer it.

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.

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

I like to do something I fear.

With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

I'm afraid of the dark, but I choose to sleep in the dark. I can fall right to sleep with the lights on. But I want to be someone who can sleep in the dark, so that's the choice that I make.

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

I have always wanted a solo career, deep in the darkest pit of myself, but I didn't dare admit it to myself even. It took me a long time to confront my fears.

Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known.

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.

I always tell my children, 'You have to face your fear. If not, it's like running from a dog that will bite you in the back.'