Caroline Ghosn Quotes

I'm still shy - I'm no good at my children's parent-teacher conferences, and I'm slowly learning how to ask for what I want. But I now know that I have a reserve of courage to draw upon when I really need it. There's nothing that I'm too scared to have a go at.

Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.

I'm a firm believer in doing things that scare you.

Oftentimes, people stay where they are in life simply because of fear. But do you know that fear isn't reality? It's only a thought in your mind.

If you believe in what you're doing, you should just do it. You'll keep getting better.

Eighty percent of the things I do are not natural for my personality. I believe you have to fake it till you make it. Act like you're confident and you'll get there.

Sometimes the mere assumption that you have the right to go, will get you there!

You make progress; then you get courage to make more.

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.

It's so easy to do things you like. But then, the thing is, when you're afraid of something, face it; go for it. You become a better human being.

My mother taught me early on not to be afraid to put myself out there - especially as a woman.

I don't operate in fear anymore.

I started when I was in college because I was shy and thought it would be a good way to break out of that.

The first step is you have to say that you can.

I believe that if you'll just stand up and go, life will open up for you.

Now I have the bravery to do fine things.

Once every seven days, do something that frightens you. Every time we do something that we resist and is frightening, we actually grow in our power.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

Banish the words 'I can't' from your vocabulary. Remember: If 'can't' equals 'won't', 'can' equals 'will.'

By middle school, I said to myself that it's time I begin to speak. I joined the choir, not because I wanted to. I forced myself.

There were certainly things I was scared to do, but I never thought I wasn't up for the challenge.

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

I reached the stage where I was afraid to wiggle my leg, but then I thought 'why shouldn't I?' It's what I do and now I know how to turn an audience on again.

I have found great power in taking my 'difference' out for a spin in a very public way. And usually, the worst, most personally embarrassing thing you imagine in your mind is often not anywhere near as bad in real life.

I thought, If I'm so afraid of a bikini, there's something wrong. And so I had to get back into one!