Time to share some ‘face the fear quotes’! We recently procrastinated on a situation at home because it was easier to — or so it seemed. When we finally tackled the issue that premise proved wrong. Then, as mostly always, the lesson was that when you face your fear, it disappears.
Bookmark these fear quotes for when you need a reminder that you can overcome. When we ditch the drama and face the fear, it will disappear. Or at the very least, become manageable.
Whether you’re a business owner or a creative hobbyist, to face your fears will always serve you in any endeavor and human situation. And certainly, in these trying and uncertain times, we could all use a little courage reinforcement.
You may not get rid of fear altogether, but it absolutely will diminish over time and the more you do it the more you can do it. To face your fears rather than avoid them will serve you most, for to avoid facing the fear leaves it to simmer in the background. Simmering fears add stress and inflammation that can boil to the surface and burn us, and often when we encounter stressful situations, which is when we most need stoic courage rather than stressed reactivity.
All who’ve achieved massive success have had to push through fears and failures again and again. Success comes from identifying our core values and living in accordance with them, keeping our commitment to ourselves, and facing our fears.
When we focus on daily actions in alignment with our purpose and values, and incorporate creativity, positivity and gratitude, fear has no room to take up residence.
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®
Face Your Fears Day
Did you know that there is now a day dedicated to facing your fears? Yep!
When is Face Your Fears Day?
Face Your Fears Day is the second Tuesday of October.
An appropriate month, don’t you think, considering October is the month of Halloween when all the spooky movies appear prominently on your favorite viewing channels. Drob by and grab one of more of your favorite ‘face your fears quotes’ to help you today… and every day!
When You Face Your Fear It Disappears
Face your fear quotes can be used as affirmations and mantras, something you post everywhere to remind you and repeat often to anchor the concept in your psyche. The more you face yoUr fears, the more they disappear and the stronger and more capable you become.
So let’s dive right into some face the fear quotes. We’d love to see your favorites too. It can be ones you find here or elsewhere, or those that you create and use yourself. Send ’em with a link to your site or social page for credit — if you originated it — and we’ll add them here.
When you do the thing you fear most the death of fear is certain.
~Mark Twain, writer, humorist, publisher, 1835-1910
FACE THE FEAR QUOTES
ACTION Quotes
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
~Dale Carnegie, speaker, course developer, author, 1988-1955
ADVENTURE Quotes
Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it.”
~Judy Blume, American fiction author
AFRAID Quotes
I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.
~Louisa May Alcott, novelist, poet, 1832-1888
ANGER and Fear Quotes
Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.
~Yoda in Star Wars I, The Phantom Menace 1999
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BRAVERY and Conquering Fear
The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
~Nelson Mandela, imprisoned South African Leader, President, author, 1918-2013
CHANGE and Facing Fear
The key to change… is to let go of fear.
~Rosanne Cash, singer, song-writer, b.5/24/1955
CONQUERING Fear
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson, philosopher, writer, poet, 1803-1882
COURAGE and Facing Fear
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
~Eleanor Roosevelt, Presidential First Lady-with FDR, author, 1884-1962
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.”
~Mark Twain, writer, humorist, b.Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.”
~Rosa Parks, lauded civil rights activist, author, 1913-2005
DISCOVERIES – Beyond Fear
One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.
~Henry Ford, magnate, founder-Ford Motor Company, 1863-1947
Face Your Fears
It’s time to face your fears and your excuses and laugh them off their pedestal.
The world needs your art. You need your art.
~LeAura Alderson, writer, editor, creator – iCreateDaily.com®
FAILURE and FEAR QUOTES
Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.
~Babe Ruth, pro baseball player, 1895-1948
FEARFUL Quotes
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.
~Helen Keller, deaf-blind American author, 1880-1968
“So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is…fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.”
~Franklin D. Roosevelt, FDR, 32nd US President, Books on FDR, 1882-1945
HATE and Fear
Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.
~Yoda in Star Wars I, The Phantom Menace, 1999
PERFECTION and Fear Quotes
Have no fear of perfection — you’ll never reach it.”
~Salvador Dali, Spanish surrealist artist, 1904-1989
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PRESENCE and the PRESENT Quotes
Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay.
Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.”
~Thich Nhat Hanh, spiritual leader, poet, author, b.10/11/1926
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