25 Quotes to Inspire You to Hug Your Fear and Take Courageous Action

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″] 1. Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones. – Thich Nhat Hanh [/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]2.  No matter how challenging you feel your goal is, in reality, it’s actually tiny and if you can make it tiny, if you can recognize it for what it is then that can really help you to lose a little bit of the fear of trying to do it and the fear of failure. – Tom Ewer [/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]3. What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it. – Jiddu Krishnamurti[/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]4. If you don’t try, you’ll never know. Do you want to be like “what could have been?” or do you want to be like “I did this”? I tried this. I failed at this, but I still did it. That seems better to me than saying “Yeah, I thought about that, but I never did it.” – Lauren Doney[/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]5. It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions. – Jim Rohn[/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]6. You don’t have to stop being afraid to achieve your goals. – Varonica Frye [/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]7. Always do what you are afraid to do. – Ralph Waldo Emerson[/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]8. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. – Marianne Williamson[/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]9. Conquering a fear can help give you that momentum to overcome other fears, big or small. – Duane de Four[/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]10. I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. – Rosa Parks[/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]11. I just think that if you’re afraid of something it’s unlikely that fear is ever gonna subside, you’re just gonna keep feeling it by not embracing it and using it to help you move forward. I think fear is very healthy if you just learn how to use it to your advantage. Everyone’s afraid of something here and there so I think using it as a motivator rather than an obstacle is the best thing you can do. Once you learn how to do that, things are totally surmountable. – Lindsey Swett[/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]12. One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do. – Henry Ford[/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]13. Remember your life is not an accident, it has purpose, so show that purpose–or the search for that purpose–the intention it’s worthy of and deserves. – Ariana Proehl[/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]14. Find out what you’re afraid of and go live there. -Chuck Palahniuk[/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]15. Setting goals that scare you can open you up to doubts about your worth, but it’s good to get your beliefs about yourself out in the open. You can’t adjust what you’re not aware of. – Varonica Frye [/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]16. To fight fear, act. To increase fear – wait, put off postpone. – David Joseph Schwartz[/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]17. When you’re afraid of something, it helps to think about what you’re feeling, think about the situation, and think about what steps you can take. There is a point though when thinking starts to provide less and less rewards until it then becomes detrimental to your situation and mental health. It can also stop you from taking any action which is the key to moving through fear. – Varonica Frye[/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]18. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. – Helen Keller[/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]19. Sometimes when something is really scaring you, you have to do it. – Razwana Wahid[/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]20. “Just grit your teeth and go forward.” You know you’ll worry about it later. You know you’re afraid, but you’re still moving. And that helps. And if you do that, the flipside of fear is excitement. You can turn it so that it does help. – J.P.[/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]21. It’s not about doing things that other people think you should be afraid of. It’s about looking within to see where your comfort zone lies and then taking steps based on that. “Little” fears are just as important to pay attention to as “big” ones. – Varonica Frye [/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]22. Don’t worry about how you think it’s possible just imagine yourself where you want to live or what job you want to do or who you want to spend time with and just kind of think about what you would have if anything is possible, allow yourself to dream about it. If you give yourself a few minutes or so every day to visualize what you want to achieve, the “how’s it gonna happen?” will become clearer to you as time goes on. – Louise Watson [/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]23. Imagination mixed with an increased heart rate can make you feel like you might fall apart. Just know that you won’t and take steps to learn why you won’t. You might not physically feel better right away, but from personal experience, knowing that what is happening in my body in times of fear is natural and not likely to kill me has helped me to accept it and still take the next step. – Varonica Frye [/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]24. I think creating helps to beat the fear. Even in making life decisions like leaving a job, we’re creating our lives. I think once we start ‘doing it’, whatever ‘it’ is, then the fear subsides. Then we’re like children at play again. When children create, they have little fear. They create for the sheer joy of creation. If we can get back to that state, and combine it with adult insight and skill, then I think that helps defeat the fear. – Brandon C. Bailey[/quote]

[quote align=”center” color=”#000000″]25. If you’re waiting for a sign this is it. Your life is going to be determined by a bunch of the decisions that you make moment to moment. There isn’t ever going to be a perfect time. You’re never going to be fully ready. There’s always going to be a reason why not to do something. For anything worthwhile, there will always be an element of fear and for the things that are the most worthwhile; there will be a lot of fear. And if you can trust in your gut and be willing to get excited about that feeling of being afraid, sometimes terrified, you will live a truly magnificent life. So my last piece of advice is if you’re waiting for a sign, this is it, trust yourself and go for it. – Melissa Joy Kong[/quote]

I hope these quotes help you hug your fear and take courageous action. Please share this with your Facebook and Twitter friends if you think they could use an inspirational boost!

Until next time,

Varonica 🙂

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