Facing Fears Quotes

“I have to keep facing the darkness. If I stand tall and face the thing I fear, I have a chance to conquer it. If I just keep dodging and hiding it will conquer me.”
― Mary Pope Osborne,, My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941

“I'd realized there were scarier things in the world than the monsters that lived in my nightmares.”
― Krystal Sutherland, House of Hollow

“Life requires us to do things anyway, despite what sort of fear or monster or tragedy or suffering lurks behind that anyway.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year

“Modern life seems set up so that we can avoid loneliness at all costs, but maybe it's worthwhile to face it occasionally. The further we push aloneness away, the less we are able to cope with it, and the more terrifying it gets. Some philosophers believe that loneliness is the only true feeling there is.”
― Michael Finkel, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

“Whenever you feel down, remember it is always daylight somewhere on this rock we call Earth. Whenever you are belittled by a human, remember that she or he does not represent the whole for the Earth is way bigger than any puny creature you may encounter.”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Aether

“To waste a life with fear is, really, the scariest thing.”
― Vironika Tugaleva, The Love Mindset: An Unconventional Guide to Healing and Happiness

“Fear echoes your self-defined limitations, not your actual ones. To change your self-image, you must face what scares you.”
― Vironika Tugaleva

“These days, a sling of truth, still can make Goliath fall.”
― Tom Althouse, The Frowny Face Cow

“I myself have always found that if I examine something, it's less scary. I grew up in the West, and we always had this theory that if you saw - if you kept the snake in you eye line, the snake wasn't going to bite you. And that's kind of way I feel about confronting pain. I want to know where it is.”
― Joan Didion

“I know of no better or quicker way to step into my greatness than to step out of what's familiar.”
― Vironika Tugaleva

“The most effective and permanent way to silence fears is to face them.”
― Vironika Tugaleva

“If you have a big destiny, you're going to have to meet and face some big demons. But the good news is that your strength and power is big enough to conquer them all. You are strong enough to overcome all obstacles in your way and to fulfill your Destiny.”
― Jeanette Coron

“She could not think what it would be to teach school twelve miles away from home, along among strangers. The less she thought of it the better, for she must go, and she must meet whatever happened as it came.
"Now Mary can have everting she needs, and she can come home this next summer," she said. "Oh, Pa, do you think I - I can teach school?"
"I do, Laura," said Pa. "I am sure of it.”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little Town on the Prairie

“It’s not just your fear, though. You know this house is full of enemies. You knew when you followed that impossible boy through the storm, but you had no choice, because it was either come here or die in the snow.”
― Christina Henry, Looking Glass

“You can't outrun something you carry inside you. Don't waste your time trying.”
― Crystal Smith, Greythorne

“Letting go of who you're supposed to be and discovering who you really are is a journey of many experiences, but certainty is not one of them. No matter how long you wait, it'll never feel safe enough. Plunge in anyway.”
― Vironika Tugaleva

“The truth is that everybody is afraid of something. The difference is that some people let their fears stop them while other's get out there and 'do it afraid'. Courage is not the abscense of fear it's to have the guts to face and conquer them.”
― Jeanette Coron

“If you've gone through your worst fears and you're still here let me congratulate you, because it means that you are stronger than your fears.”
― Jeanette Coron

“The second round of toast popped up behind David. He said, "I don't know what destiny feels like, but if this is it, I don't like it. I want to un-destiny this place from my life.”
― Robert Liparulo, Gatekeepers

“You shut up. At least I try to get over my fears, instead of wallowing in them.”
“Wolf’s trying, Fitz,” I spoke up. “In his own way. Everybody tries in different ways, at different paces, okay?”
― Sara Wolf, Burn Before Reading

“Without experience, education, and training to guide their actions, people are highly unlikely to make good choices in the face of an unknown threat.”
― Christopher Manske, The Prepared Investor: How to Prevent the Next Crisis from Affecting Your Financial Independence

“A mug of hot chocolate appeared beside her, along with a handful of shortbread. Nesta chuckled. 'Thank you.'

She sipped from her drink, nearly sighing at the richness of the cocoa. 'I'd like to try a fire,' she said quietly. 'A small one.'

Instantly, the House had a tiny blaze going in the fireplace. A log popped, and Nesta straightened, stomach twisting.

It was a fire. Not her father's neck.
...
Another log cracked and Nesta flinched. But she remained sitting there. Staring at that carved rose.

Would she live the rest of her life like Emerie, always glancing over a shoulder for the shadow of the past to haunt her? Did she appear as Emerie had this afternoon, terrified and pained?

She owed herself more than that. Emerie, too, deserved more. A chance to live a life without fear and dread.

So Nesta could try. Right now. She'd face this fire.

Another log cracked. Nesta ground her teeth. Breathe. Inhale for six, hold, exhale for six.

She did just that.

This is a fire. It reminds you of your father, of something horrible happening, but this is not him, and while you are feeling uncomfortable, you can get through it.

Nesta focused on her breathing. Made herself unclench each of her too-tight muscles, starting with her face and working all the way down to her toes.

All while she told herself over and over, This is a fire. It makes you uncomfortable. This is why you react as you do. You can breathe through this. Work through this.

Her body didn't loosen, but she was able to sit there. Endure the fire until it dimmed to embers, and then went out entirely.

She didn't know why she found herself on the verge of tears as the cinders smouldered. Didn't know why the rush of pride that filled her chest made her want to laugh and whoop and dance around the room. She hadn't done anything more than sit by a fire, but... she had sat. Stayed.

She had not failed. She had faced it and survived.

She might not have saved the world or led armies, but she had made this small, initial step.

Nesta wiped at her eyes...”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“She drew herself up, partially to intimidate the part of her that was intimidated by her own audacity.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea