Sometimes life is a scary venture. Unfortunately, this is all too often due to harrowing or painful circumstances--but not always. Sometimes life is scary because we make it so; we dwell on our anxieties about the unknown, the future, and ourselves, and we allow anxieties to develop into all-consuming fears.
Before I started college, I never realized how afraid I truly was. I never realized how much my small, insignificant fears deterred me from living. For many years, I let general uneasiness and anxiety accumulate until they finally paralyzed me, barring me from doing so many things that I, deep down, wanted to do.
Now I try my best to regard fear in a different light. I am still afraid--life will always be a bit scary--but I encourage myself to overcome fear rather than bow down to it. The following quotes have been a major source of inspiration and encouragement for me, and I hope that they will be for you, too.
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." -- Helen Keller
"Sometimes, fear does not subside and one must choose to do it afraid." -- Elisabeth Elliot
"At first glance it may appear too hard. Look again. Always look again." -- Unknown
"Fear tricks us into living a boring life." -- Donald Miller
"You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right." -- Rosa Parks
"If you hear a voice within you say, 'You cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced." -- Vincent van Gogh
"All men have fears, but those who face their fears with dignity have courage as well." -- Thomas S. Monson
"Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point." -- C.S. Lewis
"You must do the thing you think you cannot do." -- Eleanor Roosevelt
"Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life." -- Naguib Mahfouz
"Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through, no matter what." -- Harper Lee
What are some of your favorite quotes related to overcoming fear?
Love,
Tori
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