Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

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

Being fearless doesn't mean living a life devoid of fear, but living a life in which our fears don't hold us back

We may feel fear but we do not have to give in to it. We can do whatever we need and want to do, even if we have to "do it afraid." Courage is not the absence of fear; it is action in the presence of fear.

Somehow or another, my mother taught me to push through my fear, always. Feel the fear and do it anyway.

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

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

Don't wait until you're not afraid of something to do it. Do it despite the fear and you'll start to develop a 'fearlessness muscle'.

A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.

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

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

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

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

Fear is the root of all courage.

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.

In 35 yrs of leading I've been afraid at every major step but I DID IT ANYWAY since I REFUSE let fear run my life.

I'm not sure why I've decided to do this. I'm not any stronger than I was, and nothing else has changed. But all the same, this time I'm not going to run away. It's okay to feel weak sometimes. It's okay to be afraid. The important thing is that we face our fears. That's what makes us strong."-Yuki

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.

If one is willing to do a thing he is afraid to do, he does not have to ... face a situation fearlessly, and if there is no situation to face; it falls away of its own weight.

And yet, what is bravery but the capacity to reject our fears, ignore and supress them, then go on to do whatever it is we are afraid to do.

Courage means to keep making forward progress while you still feel afraid!

I feel the fear, but I walk fast toward it.

The brave man is not the one without fear but the one who does what he must despite being afraid. To succeed, you must be willing to risk total failure; you must learn this.

It is not a matter of being fearless. The fear is sometimes constant, but it's about moving forward regardless of the fear. Courage means feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

You cannot be brave without fear.

Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You've taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway.