“Arm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable.”

“When you fear to fail, you fear something that has not happened yet. You predict your own failure, and by inaction, lock yourself into it.”

Robin Hobb book Ship of Destiny

“There are things that you can't do - like writing letters to a part of yourself. To your feet or hair. Or heart.”

Arundhati Roy book The God of Small Things

“Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.”

George Lucas (1944) American film producer

“I know—yet my arms are empty,
That fondly folded seven,
And the mother heart within me
Is almost starved for heaven.”

Margaret Elizabeth Sangster (1838–1912) American poet, author, journalist, editor

“… you must always be yourself, and do things at your own pace. Someday, you'll catch up.”

Natsuki Takaya (1973) Manga artist

“If you must say yes, say it with an open heart. If you must say no, say it without fear.”

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

“Always believe in yourself. Do this and no matter where you are, you will have nothing to fear.”

Hayao Miyazaki (1941) Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka

“The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper. You must not edit until you get it all on paper. If you can put everything down, stream-of-consciousness, you'll do yourself a service.”

Stephen Sondheim (1930) American composer and lyricist

“Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet