Action Conquers Fear

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
- W. Clement Stone

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence.
Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear.
Perhaps the action you take will be successful;
perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow.
But any action is better than no action at all.
- Norman Vincent Peale

To overcome a fear, here's all you have to do:
realize the fear is there,
and do the action you fear anyway.
- Peter McWilliams

Action is our greatest weapon against fear.
Left to molder, fear grows upon itself,
but in the face of action,
fear is left in the dust.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Take Action Today

Wanting is Not Enough

Only Today
      

Keep Your Wits About You

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you...
- Rudyard Kipling

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it...
that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.
- Dale Carnegie

A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led
those who cherish it astray.
- Henry Ellis

Trust yourself. Only you can live your life.
Only you can taste your victories.
Only you can suffer the sting of your defeats.
Make your own choices, and accept your own consequences -
for better or worse.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Have Confidence in Yourself

Feeling Tired?

Stand Tall and Proud

Blaze Your Own Trail
      

Natural Miracles

Live life as if everything is rigged in your favor.
- Rumi

Ask and it will be given to you;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.
- Matthew 7:7

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Miracles are the natural way of the Universe -
our only job is to move our doubting minds aside
and let the miracles flow.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: More about "A wonderful gift may not be wrapped as you expect"

Recognizing Our Abundance

Life Really Is Good

Gratitude for THIS Moment
     

Too Much Caution is Not Prudent

The wise man in the storm prays God,
not for safety from danger,
but for deliverance from fear.
It is the storm within which endangers him,
not the storm without.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want...
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me
- Psalm 23

The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.
- Alfred Adler

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
- Bertrand Russell

There is beauty and serenity in the eye of the storm.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Whatever the challenges that actually confront any of us on a given day,
the potential threats are always far greater.
There are always an array of catastrophes overhanging our lives -
wars, terrorists, hurricanes, earthquakes, escaped murderers,
child molesters, and maybe a runaway asteroid.
In comparison with what "could" happen, our lives are rather serene.

Rather than worrying about the continuous stream of potential threats,
let us give thanks for our blessing of living in the eye-of-the-storm -
our protected refuge from the terrors
of fearsome dangers just outside our lives.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Too Much Caution is Not Prudent.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Today's affirmation:
I walk today's march with courage.
I create today as my celebration of life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Serenity in Times of Crisis

Life is Not Fearsome

The Storm of Life
      

Anger: Its Own Punishment

Once you recognize that greed, jealousy, and aggression
are symptoms of fear, you can begin to respond to negative people
with compassion, rather than with anger.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

You will not be punished for your anger,
you will be punished by your anger.
- the Buddha

Whenever you are angry, be assured that
it is not only a present evil,
but that you have increased a habit.
- Epictetus

I have never met an aggressive person
who wasn't a fearful person.
- John Bradshaw

Further reading: Stop Anger Before It Stops You

Finding Peace in Forgiveness

Never Let Anyone Get Your Goat

Creatures of Emotion

Ending Your Anger