Viggo Mortensen Quotes

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

If something scares me, then I have to do it.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

I like to do something I fear.

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

Don't be afraid of fear. Because it sharpens you, it challenges you, it makes you stronger; and when you run away from fear, you also run away from the opportunity to be your best possible self.

It's important to do things that scare you to death!

There is no magic method of beginning... Take hold of your nerves, and jump.

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

I think fearless is having fears but jumping anyway.

You have to have the courage to face the unexpected. This is the difference between people who do things and people who don't dare, who don't dare to live.

A line from one of my 1997 columns - 'Do one thing every day that scares you' - is now widely attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, though I have yet to see any evidence that she ever said it and I don't believe she did. She said some things about fear, but not that thing.

I tend to do things that I'm very frightened of. That's what I do.

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

You have to try things you're really afraid of, even if you pee yourself a little bit.

But I'm someone who the more afraid I am, the more I want to do it to get the fear over with.

I tend to go toward things that make me afraid.

I say, 'Be brave. Do it even if your ankles shake, because they will.'

Do things that are uncomfortable to do. I say that because women tend to step back from things that they don't know about. And the second, most important one is, push through the fear.

It's so easy to do things you like. But then, the thing is, when you're afraid of something, face it; go for it. You become a better human being.

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

A lot of guys... they want to take the big shot, and they talk about it because they're scared of it. You never heard me talk about it. You heard a lot of guys talk about it. But you don't have to talk about it, because if you have the confidence in yourself, and your team believes in you, you don't fear anything. You don't fear losing.

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.

I think I've gotten to the point in my life where I have to do everything that I'm scared of because you're not going to learn anything if you don't, so you just have to dive in the deep end and see if you can swim.

It's important that you are not embarrassed when you try something new.