Harry Houdini Quotes

Our problem is not to be rid of fear but rather to harness and master it.

Preparation, mastery, can help you overcome your fear, but mastery alone is not enough. There has to be something you want that’s worth more to you than your fear.

One of my mantras is if I'm scared to do something, that means that I have to do it.

Once you slay one fear, you can conquer many fears.

The fears you don’t face control you. The fears you face, you move beyond.

The moment you conquer one fear is the minute you conquer many fears.

Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.

It would be very, very dangerous for a wire walker to experience fear while he is balancing on the wire. Fear has its place on earth, before and maybe after a high-wire walk, but not during for me.

I was terrified of being on stage, and I had to work very hard at a craft to get past that.

Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.

Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.

We all have a fear of the unknown what one does with that fear will make all the difference in the world.

I still look forward to doing things I've never done before. But the fear beforehand is always worse than the actual moment. Leading up to it, especially before the match, is when the butterflies are at their worst. But in the match, the creatures - my fans - fuel me. They're a huge superpower for me and my survival.

I'm absolutely scared and I absolutely have reservations, but sometimes you need to find that deep down in you to bring out the best performance of yourself, to bring out the best version of yourself, but yep I'm nervous and I'm scared.

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

Ski jumping is just 10 per cent physical, 90 per cent mental. Some people can't do that. It's not just to do with the fear at the top. It takes a lot of guts to go off the top, but it takes 100 times more courage to jump off the end.

Courage has to do with controlling fear and it seems to me that focus has a way of overcoming anxiety.

We should master fear, instead of cultivating it.

In order to overcome fear, your dream must become bigger than fear.

When you make friends with fear, it can’t rule you.

I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared.

Bravely overcoming one small fear gives you the courage to take on the next.

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.