Being Scared Quotes

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

I never figured it was a cowardly thing to be scared. It's to be scared and still face up to what scares you that matters.

All of us experience fear, but when we confront and acknowledge it, we are able to turn it into courage. Being courageous does not mean never being scared; it means acting as you know you must even though you are undeniably afraid.

The make-up and the costumes were me being scared. I needed to create a boundary between me and the audience. To project this bigger version of myself. Outwardly, it looked good, but inwardly, I began to feel horrible.

For some reason, people value being scared less than they value laughing.

The way companies hang on to their marketshare is by being scared.

I've done a good job of not putting myself in a box, being able to transform, and not being scared to try new things.

One of the reasons it's important for me to write about war is I really think that the concept of war, the specifics of war, the nature of war, the ethical ambiguities of war, are introduced too late to children. I think they can hear them, understand them, know about them, at a much younger age without being scared to death by the stories.

The beginning of genius is being scared shitless.

Everything worth doing starts with being scared.

Even though I don't necessarily believe in everything that's supernatural, I like being scared and I like things that are suspenseful.

I remember being scared to death of horror movies as a kid. Sometimes, I missed the whole movie because I was so scared and couldn't look.

Learning how to face fear really makes you invincible because you stop being scared.

I started out with almost entirely black fans except for a little handful of people in the horror writers' community, and those people really liked horror, you know. They will go to any lengths and read whomever they can find because they like that feeling of being scared.

Earliest musical memory is probably being scared stiff with my family's band as a youngster on stage playing the conga drums.

What's risky is living your life and never trying for anything and never doing something brave and never getting yourself scared.

For a child actor, it's a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared.

Based means being yourself. Not being scared of what people think about you. Not being afraid to do what you wanna do. Being positive.

When I was a little kid, I loved horror films. I always liked being scared.

There's no time for being babies or being scared. If you're scared, go to church.

I guess the reason that I'm a horror fan is that I think it gives people the opportunity to enjoy the feeling of being scared in a safe environment. I think that's why, for all of human history, we've been telling each other scary stories: because it exorcises something that we need to exorcise in a safe place.

There's no purer feeling in the world than being scared.

We only fear what we don't understand, and I hate to be scared.

I find it easier to approach things from a critical angle that otherwise may seem daunting because I'm used to being scared.

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.