Jasmine Cephas Jones Quotes

You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.

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

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.

To be honest, I probably wouldn't have gone to Hollywood if I hadn't been offered 'Ugly Betty' because I was a wee bit feart. But you have to make yourself frightened. That's what keeps you alive.

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.

I like to do something I fear.

My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway.

Living with fear stops us taking risks, and if you don't go out on the branch, you're never going to get the best fruit.

It seems like the more I live, the more I realize that saying 'yes' is almost never a mistake. If you say no, it might feel safe, but then you end up going nowhere.

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

I could have easily been too afraid to say 'yes' to Chicago, because it requires so much I haven't done before. If I am a flop at singing and dancing, maybe my love for it will carry me through.

The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.

I've usually found that the greatest rewards in my life come from taking on things that are a little bit scary.

If you're just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow.

Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.

Do one thing today that scares you - and you already know what that is! - and go do it. Even if you just make one step toward it, it will help you look at the world differently.

You read things, and they come to you, and if they speak to you at the moment and there's a voice in you that says, 'I don't know, that's risky,' or 'That's challenging,' then do it. Run at it and tackle it. And if it's bad, it's bad. You're gonna get over it.

It's daunting; it's daunting doing something that you are not brilliant at in front of millions of people. But you can't sit back and say no to opportunity. You have to throw yourself in.

You can't be afraid to embarrass yourself sometimes.

I'm always doing things that scare me, because I feel like that's how you should live life. If I'm terrified - and I'm often terrified - then I should be doing that. Like trapeze class, or singing in front of 5,000 people.

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

You can become a winner only if you are willing to walk over the edge.

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

I told everyone I would never be an actor. People used to tell me, 'Hey, you got a good look. You should try.' And I was like, 'Nah. That's not me.' And then, the moment I tried it, I found I loved it more than anything in the world, and that taught me a lesson. That is, just go for it.

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.