Toks Olagundoye Quotes

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

If one is willing to do a thing he is afraid to do, he does not have to ... face a situation fearlessly, and if there is no situation to face; it falls away of its own weight.

Overcoming fear doesn't have to be skydiving, if you're afraid of heights. Overcoming fear is an everyday thing. We do it all day long.

It's hard not to be afraid. Be less afraid.

The experience of overcoming fear is extraordinarily delightful.

Fear will try to keep you from taking that first step. Don't give in to fear, do it afraid.

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

The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.

To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity.

As a young man, I yearned for the day when, rooted in the experience that comes only with age, I could do my work fearlessly. But today, in my mid-sixties, I realize that I will feel fear from time to time for the rest of my life. I may never get rid of my fear. But . . . I can learn to walk into it and through it whenever it rises up . . . naming the inner force that triggers . . . fear . . . Naming our fears aloud . . . is the first step toward transcending them.

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

Galladon paused for a moment, then laughed. "Does nothing frighten you, sule?" "Actually, pretty much everything here does—I'm just good at ignoring the fact that I'm terrified. If I ever realize how scared I am, you'll probably find me trying to hide under those cobblestones over there.

The fears you run away from run toward you. The fears you don't own will own you. But behind every fear wall lives a precious treasure.

But I love being scared. I think you're brave only when you do things that scare you. I've always used fear as a motivator. I'm not sure why.

Fear is like a black cavern that is terrifying. Once you enter the cavern and explore it, you realize that you can get out of it, go through it and get out of it.

My biggest fear is fear itself. I never want to be afraid of doing something I want.

Keep a meter on your fear. Fear can cripple you.

If I'm afraid of something, I'll deal with it and get past it.

I think it's okay to be afraid, but it's not okay to let it rule your life.

Fear is the root of all courage.

If you do not do the thing you fear, the fear controls your life.

Peter did not feel very brave; indeed, he felt he was going to be sick. But that made no difference to what he had to do.

I think it takes a lot to put oneself in a place where, you know, that thing about "Feel the fear and do it anyway." You wonder what the driving force is that makes you want to do that and not just stay in a safer place.

Being fearless doesn't mean living a life devoid of fear, but living a life in which our fears don't hold us back

We have nothing to fear but fear itself.