“All that ever holds somebody back, I think, is fear. For a minute I had fear. [Then] I went into the [dressing] room and shot my fear in the face...” 
― Lady Gaga

“There will always be someone willing to hurt you, put you down, gossip about you, belittle your accomplishments and judge your soul. It is a fact that we all must face. However, if you realize that God is a best friend that stands beside you when others cast stones you will never be afraid, never feel worthless and never feel alone.” 
― Shannon L. Alder

“We pass through this world but once. Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within.” 
― Stephen Jay Gould

“And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.” 
― Paulo Coelho

“There is no beauty in sadness. No honor in suffering. No growth in fear. No relief in hate. It’s just a waste of perfectly good happiness.” 
― Katerina Stoykova Klemer

“Is it useful to feel fear, because it prepares you for nasty events, or is it useless, because nasty events will occur whether you are frightened or not?” 
― Lemony Snicket

“Women scheme when they are weak, they lie out of fear. Men scheme when they are strong, they lie out of arrogance.” 
― Julian Barnes

“I tend to scare myself.” 
― Stephen King