Oprah Winfrey Quotes

it is only courage on the path itself that makes the path appear

Courage in the path is what makes the path manifest itself.

Just because you feel fear doesn't mean you can't do it. Do it afraid

It's okay to have fear - we're all human; it happens - but in facing your fears, you can really open yourself up to things you never thought possible.

Who would condescend to strike down the mere things that he does not fear? Who would debase himself to be merely brave, like any common prizefighter? Who would stoop to be fearless--like a tree? Fight the thing that you fear. You remember the old tale of the English clergyman who gave the last rites to the brigand of Sicily, and how on his death-bed the great robber said, 'I can give you no money, but I can give you advice for a lifetime: your thumb on the blade, and strike upwards.' So I say to you, strike upwards, if you strike at the stars.

Bravely overcoming one small fear gives you the courage to take on the next.

Overcoming fear doesn't have to be skydiving, if you're afraid of heights. Overcoming fear is an everyday thing. We do it all day long.

Someone once told me not to be afraid of being afraid, because, as she said, 'Anxiety is a glimpse of your own daring.' Isn't that great? It means that part of your agitation is just excitement about what you're getting ready to accomplish. Don't sell yourself short by being so afraid of failure that you don't dare to make any mistakes. Make your mistakes and learn from them. And remember: No matter how many mistakes you make, your mother always loves you!

I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it.

At man's core there is a voice that wants him never to give in to fear. But if it is true that in general man cannot give in to fear, at the very least he postpones indefinitely the moment when he will have to confront himself with the object of his fear... when he will no longer have the assistance of reason as guaranteed by God, or when he will no longer have the assistance of God such as reason guaranteed. It is necessary to recoil, but it is necessary to leap, and perhaps one only recoils in order to leap better.

I'm motivated by fear...a fear of fear. I hate being afraid to do something.

One learns better than to hand one's choices to fear. With age, with every wound and scar, one learns.

Ye'll never best your fears until ye face them

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.

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.

The fears you run away from run toward you. The fears you don't own will own you. But behind every fear wall lives a precious treasure.

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

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

The project you are most scared to do is the one that holds your greatest growth.

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

I think I learned I'm braver than I think I am.

Letting go is fearless. Then, moving on and being alright, that’s fearless too.

FEAR stands for face everything and recover – Old AA saying