One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

Abraham Maslow

If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you.

Natalie Goldberg

You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.

Robert Greene

Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Life begins where fear ends.

Osho

Whatever it is you're scared of doing, do it. Make your mistakes, next year and forever.

Neil Gaiman