Arthur Golden Quotes

And loss of control is always the source of fear. It is also, however, always the source of change.

There is no security in following the call to adventure.

The truth is, I was afraid the day I walked into Stanford. And I was afraid the day I walked out.

Sometimes the things that scare me are the things I'm drawn to: moving to London, L.A., New York; marrying, having a kid. In order to live a full life, sometimes you have to do things that scare you.

For the timid, change is frightening; for the comfortable, change is threatening; but for the confident, change is opportunity.

You've got to bumble forward into the unknown.

Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's getting too scary. We are touching down onto something real. It is beyond the point when you think you are done that often something strong comes out.

Life is a risk.

I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.

The trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past.

I think that people are so insecure in their jobs, they're so uncertain that the people they work for really care about them, they're so uncertain about what their kids are looking at in the future, that people are reluctant to take any risks for change.

Every thinker puts some portion of an apparently stable world in peril and no one can wholly predict what will emerge in its place.

Change takes courage.

My countrymen: we have reached a turning point in our history. The choice is yours. Shall we venture into this brave new world, bright with possibilities, or retreat to the safety of our familiar but sterile past? I am for crossing the frontier.

It seems at times fate knocks on people's door, and they are too afraid to pursue it.

To imagine a better life for yourself and your family and to leave behind all that is familiar requires a special kind of courage.

I am absolutely terrified to move... I truly, truly believe that success lies outside of your comfort zone, and my house has been the greatest comfort zone for me.

It's very scary to become someone new, to take that path less followed.

Sometimes you've gotta take a risk.

Change is very scary.

I'd love to say that I'm this brave person doing this big adventure and that it's easy. The truth is, the night before I left, I called my mom, crying and nervous, thinking, 'What am I getting into? Can I really ride my bike across the country?'

Putting your work out there is scary!

Fear is a treacherous leader. It shrinks from the new and fails to meet the challenges of the future.

Sometimes the future changes quickly and completely, and we’re left with only the choice of what to do next. We can choose to be afraid of it. Just stand there trembling, not moving. Assuming the worst that can happen. Or we step forward into the unknown, and assume it will be brilliant.