Deepak Chopra Quotes

It is bad for the soul to know itself a coward, it is apt to take refuge in mere wordy violence.

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.

Even in my bravest moment, I am a coward.

You have to have fear in order to have courage.

I'm not brave enough to be a coward; I see the consequences too clearly.

Sometimes I think everyone is just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. Maybe pretending is how you get brave, I don't know.

It is only in his head that man is heroic; in the pit of his stomach he is always a coward.

Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him.

Living fearlessly is not the same as never being afraid. It's good to be afraid occasionally. Fear is a great teacher.

It's okay to be scared, but fear is different. Fear is when we let being scared prevent us from doing what love requires of us.

Whenever you're scared of something, don't let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.

People say to me all the time, 'You have no fear.' I tell them, 'No, that's not true. I'm scared all the time. You have to have fear in order to have courage. I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person.'

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

When I read profiles of myself, I sometimes think: 'I have spent my whole life struggling to understand my motivations and impulses, and I've never quite sorted them out.'

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.

If I'm scared and I'm a coward, why do you guys want to see me fight?

The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more.

I think the beauty of the writing of 'Game of Thrones' is not that the characters are fearless; it's how they overcome their fear, you know?

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

There's nothing like overcoming something that scares you so much. Nothing feels better.

If you have something that you know is important to you and vital to you... then this will perhaps help people understand the importance of confronting it and being brave about it.

I tend to go toward things that make me afraid.

We try and banish whole inner realms. Sometimes, you have to touch the thing inside you're most afraid of and see what happens when you touch it rather than look away from it all the time.

One thing I learned about that I always knew about myself - that I always been afraid of myself.

Life is a balance of fear and overcoming it.