Fear Transformation Quotes

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.

I was no longer, if I had ever been, afraid to die: I was now afraid not to die.

I used to be scared of women. When I was very young they terrified me, but discovering the female universe was incredible and still is to this day, as you never stop learning about them.

The bravest soldiers aren't unafraid, but they're the ones who are able to harness their fear on behalf of courage.

Fear is not negative. We should overcome all our fears and this in turn would make us stronger. As soon as we overcome our fears we can face any challenge.

This is something I've struggled with a lot: how to relate to the fear in a constructive way. It's not that you eliminate the fear. We have all the fears. That's natural; that's human beings. But how do you deal with the fears, how do you engage with your fears in a way that's productive?

...What you fear will not go away; it will take you into yourself and bless you and keep you. That's the world, and we all live there.

If you take your fear and mash it into something that's actually useful, then it doesn't feel like it wins.

Don't let your fears become boxes that enclose you. Open them out, feel them and turn them into the greatest courage you are capable of. I promise you, nothing will go wrong. But if you live by your fears, everything that can possibly go wrong will go wrong and you won't even have done the 'Funky Chicken'.

Beware of turning into the enemy you most fear. All it takes is to lash out violently at someone who has done you some grievous harm, proclaiming that only your pain matters in this world. More than against that person's body, you will then, at that moment, be committing a crime against your own imagination.

Once fear enters your life - it will take you in one of two directions: empowerment or panic.

The fears you run from run to you.

It is only in a crowd that man can become free of this fear of being touched. That is the only situation in which the fear changes into its opposite… The reversal of fear of being touched belongs to the nature of crowds. The feeling of relief is most striking where the density of the crowd is greatest

I never get afraid of things. I only get excited.

I'm always fearful. … Fear generates in you a huge energy. You can use it. When I feel that mounting fear, I think, 'Oh, yes, there it is!' It's like petrol.

From the moment fear begins I have ceased to fear.

The process of breaking down fear was always my greatest challenge and it was made easier by the careful work and gentle voices of my female workers.

How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives.

When you learn to harness the power of your fears it can take you places beyond your wildest dreams.

A lot of my work has been about stuff I've been frightened of: cliffs, explosions, meteorites, that kind of stuff. I would have been this trembling blob of fear if I hadn't got into making art, which is a good way of deferring it.

The fears we don’t face become our limits.

We must do the work to prove our fears groundless, otherwise it is our fears that will gain ground and our lives will be spent in their service.

He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hair.

The light of a new day always chases the shadows of the night away, and shows us that the shape of our fears is only the ghost of our own minds.

Drop the fear. Fear was taken up by you in your childhood, unconsciously. Now consciously drop it and be mature. Then the life can be a light which goes on deepening as you go on growing.