I have always wanted a solo career, deep in the darkest pit of myself, but I didn't dare admit it to myself even. It took me a long time to confront my fears.
Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
Fear runs our lives. It doesn't matter who you are. You have to understand your relationship with fear. Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.
Running from your fear can be more painful than facing it, for better or worse.
I feel the fear, but I walk fast toward it.
A lot of my fears and anxieties are the fears and anxieties of a six-year-old boy. When I finally confront them, they're really small.
Each day befriend a single fear, and the miscellaneous terrors of being human will never join together to form such a morass of vague anxiety that it rules your life from the shadows of the unconscious. We learn to fly not by being fearless, but by the daily practice of courage.
Relieved because what I dreaded most in the whole world was going to happen and I wouldn’t have to live with it anymore—the fear. There is the relief of finally not being alone and the relief of being alone when no one can take anything away from you. Here she was, my beautiful fear. Shiny as crystal lace frost.
When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear.
I'd like to jump out of a plane. I have a fear of heights I'd like to face.
When I face myself, I go, "You have a fear of really being on your own. So you know what? That's what we're gonna do right now.
I suffer from vertigo. It's paralyzing in extreme situations. The most scared I've been as an adult was trying to conquer that fear by going climbing in Wales.
It's something I want to overcome. And my kids are scared to death to fly. I want them to witness me overcome it.
When you've been afraid of something for long enough and it comes to pass, the terrible thing is a release. For in the belly of the badness there is no more fear.
Fearlessness is not the absence of fear, fearlessness is the total presence of fear with the courage to face it.
best way to deal with fear is to face the nightmare!
Learning how to face fear really makes you invincible because you stop being scared.
When people are hurting, what they really need is someone who is fully there for them - not someone who is condescending or officious. The only way for you to be there for them is by facing your fear or anger, whatever feelings cause you to shut down.
If you're frightened of leprechauns, the best thing to do is to get yourself a little leprechaun outfit and see how big they are. And then you'll go, 'Well I see. That's like bein' frightened of a hampster.'
To overcome a fear, here's all you have to do: realize the fear is there, and do the action you fear anyway.
I have always staged my fears as a way to transcend them.
Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed.
I have always loved to use fear, to take it and comprehend it and make it work and consolidate a situation where I was afraid and take it whole and work from there.
There are, I believe, three steps to overcoming fear: name it, normalise it, socialise it.
I started flying because I had a fear of it early on. I figured if I learned to fly, I would understand better what was happening and started taking lessons in the late 1950's, once I had made some money on tour.
