Fear Resolution Quotes

If a fear cannot be articulated, it can't be conquered.

I got a chance to act in a film, 'Derailed.' I was having a recurring nightmare, and after doing that film, the nightmares stopped.

If you're afraid of something, face it. Fear is irrational. The only way to conquer your fear is to stand next to it.

Of course people are afraid. But honestly facing that fear, seeing it for what it is, is the only way of putting it to rest.

If I'm afraid of someone on the street, I'll turn to him (it's always a boy) and say, "Excuse me, do you happen to know what time it is?" This is my way of saying to the person, "I see you as a friend, and there is no need to hurt me or take my stuff. Also, I don't even have a watch and I am probably not worth mugging." So far, it's worked like gangbusters... And I've discovered that most people I'm afraid of are actually very friendly.

That is why, with optimism instead of fear, all those who want to see Puerto Rico's status resolved should seek the truth about each option, including the upside and the downside of each.

I think our fears find us and force us to confront them over and over again.

Fear is something that can really hold us all back from different things in life. It's important to notice what your fears are and try to conquer them.

If you flee from the things you fear, there's no resolution.

To defend oneself against a fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced.

Almost all fear is fear of the unknown. Therefore, what's the remedy? To become acquainted with the things you fear.

The nightmare always becomes laughter, once it's understood.

When a herd of cattle see a strange object, they are not satisfied till each one has sniffed it; and the horse is cured of his fright at the robe, or the meal-bag, or other object, as soon as he can be induced to smell it. There is a great deal of speculation in the eye of an animal, but very little science.

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

A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.

I used to have the craziest fear of losing teeth. I would have nightmares about that all the time. But it's the craziest thing, because I feel like that's one of the easiest things to fix. You just get veneers or something.

We must do the work to prove our fears groundless, otherwise it is our fears that will gain ground and our lives will be spent in their service.

I wrestle my fears with every big decision I make. Ultimately, maybe all that wrestling does is make you sick of your own thoughts, and so with nothing resolved you just go ahead and have unprotected sex. The moment I became pregnant, everything became out of gait. None of those fears seem relevant in the same way, and that's so like life, that once you do the daring move you're in a totally different landscape. Now it's a new story.

When you spent so much time being terrified that you're going to get something, and then you have it, you don't have to be terrified anymore.

Most fears cannot withstand the test of careful scrutiny and analysis. When we expose our fears to the light of thoughtful examination they usually just evaporate.

I had a very real fear of spiders until one bit me. I got bitten by a redback spider in Australia and I've never been frightened of them since. Maybe I've turned into Spider-man.