My dad said 'The thing that I was told that was really helpful was that I mustn't be afraid of the things I was afraid of when I was five years old'. The shock of his childhood had put him in this defensive crouch against the world and he needed to know that he had a nice wife and kids and it wasn't the same any more.

I think what I would say to my younger self and probably to younger just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something to push yourself to do those things.

It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.

Maybe you will be afraid and maybe you will fail but the courage to take risks in any part of your life is I feel a very worthwhile way to live.

I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do and you get your courage back which is what's important.

Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.

Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.

Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid a coward knows when you are not.

True courage is being afraid and going ahead and doing your job anyhow that's what courage is.

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid but he who conquers that fear.

If you can get a teen leader in each sector of a student population you can pull people in. Everybody wants to get involved but most are too afraid. When they see a person they think is cool leading it they're first to join.

51st State was one that I loved doing because the character was so out there and in a way I was sad to leave the character behind. I'm afraid I could never be that cool in real life!

I like low-maintenance girls but at the same time classy. She needs to take care of herself. But also be a girl who isn't afraid to get sweaty and play basketball so it's cool if she's a tomboy.

I'm not afraid of computers taking over the world.

There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.