Emmet Fox Quotes

Yes, I now that you feel you are not strong enough. That's what the enemy thinks too. But we're gonna fool them.

I don't walk around with fear. I walk around with strength. I believe in cause and effect.

Be strong, and of good courage.

If I had to say something to Americans, being afraid and having fear, it's okay to be fearful because that will make you strong; being afraid will shut you down.

If you're a true warrior, competition doesn't scare you. It makes you better.

Having been a fighter for 25 years, I know how to handle the fear. The fear is there, but I use it to motivate me.

Use fear as an engine, not as a brake.

I won't let others stoke fear in my heart. I choose to remain true to who I am and where my dreams direct me no matter the hardship I might incur. I remember it always: Fear wins or Freedom wins, and I choose Freedom.

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

Failure isn't an option. I've erased the word 'fear' from my vocabulary, and I think when you erase fear, you can't fail.

When people criticize me, instead of putting my head down, it gives me energy to do even more.

The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born.

Once you lose everything, what's the worst that's going to happen to you? You develop a self-assurance.

Life hits you hard. But it takes you three seconds to decide if you are a superhero or not. I am.

But I believe we must not allow feelings of defeat to take root in our hearts.

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

You just have to get rid of fear and confront the world. Look at yourself in the mirror and say to yourself, 'I love you and nothing will destroy you and you're not going to fall.'

I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.

I need to be able to face things.

I'm not the type of person to live in fear. I think positively.

I'm a black lady from the Lower East Side of New York. Not a lot intimidates me.

I love overcoming challenges and fear.

Fear has been a big battle, it runs rampant in my sport so I love to overcome that, to challenge it head on, because there is nothing that feels as accomplished as overcoming a fear, and something that has blocked you in such a big way.

You don't have to be a scared person. I've had so many tragedies. I've managed to withstand things that you may think you cannot tolerate. But I have the strength.