Lauren DeStefano Quotes

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

You don't have to be fearless to do anything, you can be scared out of your mind.

Now, don't be angry after you've been afraid. That's the worst kind of cowardice.

Fear is a hard thing to deal with. I feel it quite strongly. If I think something is important enough, I'll make myself do it in spite of fear. But it can really sap the will. I hate fear, I wish I had it less.

Never run when you're scared. Rule 7.

Surrendering to fear and allowing ourselves to be paralyzed by peril isn't something most of us can afford to do.

"They tell us that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself, but I don't believe that." he said. Then, a moment later, he added: "Oh, the fear is there, all right. It comes to us in many different forms, at different times, and overwhelms us. But the most frightening thing we can do at such times is to turn our backs on it, to close our eyes. For then we take the most precious thing inside us and surrender it to something else. In my case, that something was the wave."

How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives.

Face your fears or they will climb over your back.

You can't be afraid until you have no other option but to be afraid.

You can't avoid fear. No magic potion will take it away. And you can't wait for motivation to get you going. To conquer fear, you have to feel the fear and take action anyway.

Although fear in the right dosage and under the right circumstance protects us ... imaginary fear offers straitjackets instead of lifejackets, nooses instead of safety nets.

Fear is often our immediate response to uncertainty. There's nothing wrong with experiencing fear. They key is not to get stuck in it.

Susan says, don't get afraid, get angry.

Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.

I do not think you can get rid of the fear... but you can dance with it.

Every time I am fearful I think to myself, the reason they do this is to discourage me from doing what I do. Hence, if I discontinue my work I will have succumbed to my fears.

It's all right to be afraid. You just don't let it stop you from doing your job.

Fear is a force that sharpens your senses. Being afraid is a state of paralysis in which you can't do anything.

I'm still afraid of things, obviously - we're human. But I like that feeling of being afraid.

We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.

Learning how to face fear really makes you invincible because you stop being scared.

I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.

Attacking or fleeing are part of the struggle; being paralysed by fear is not.

Be scared. You can't help that. But don't be afraid.