Abigail Washburn Quotes

You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.

I like to do something I fear.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway.

Living with fear stops us taking risks, and if you don't go out on the branch, you're never going to get the best fruit.

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

If something scares me, then I have to do it.

To be honest, I probably wouldn't have gone to Hollywood if I hadn't been offered 'Ugly Betty' because I was a wee bit feart. But you have to make yourself frightened. That's what keeps you alive.

I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

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.

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

I knew I could make people laugh but I was frightened of doing it. I thought, 'What if I'm crap, what if I'm no good at it?', but I knew I should have a go and shouldn't sit inside watching other people do it on television.

I just say go for it and be yourself, even if you're scared or nervous, because you'll never know what happens if you don't try.

If you don't go towards the thing you fear, you won't be able to say you lived.

I've been scared and I've liked not hanging on to stuff where I know that I'm in my comfort zone.

Looking back on my life, I wish I'd stepped forward and made a fool of myself more often when I was younger - because when you do, you find out you can do it.

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

I tend to do things that I'm very frightened of. That's what I do.

If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.

If something scares me, then I have to do it. My biggest fear in life is fear.

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

But I'm someone who the more afraid I am, the more I want to do it to get the fear over with.