“I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back....”
More from Erica Jong on Courage
“Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads.”
“It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.”
“And the trouble is if you don't risk anything you risk even more.”
“Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark places where it leads.”
“Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.”
“Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.”
“Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads.”
Others on Courage
Martin Luther King
11 quotes“There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their free...”
Sir Winston Churchill
9 quotes“Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without vicory...”
Veronica Roth
7 quotes“I am proud. It will get me into trouble someday, but today it makes me brave”
Plautus
7 quotes“Courage in danger is half the battle.”
Seneca
6 quotes“Brave men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war.”
Cervantes
6 quotes“The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.”
Audre Lorde
6 quotes“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whet...”
Brené Brown
6 quotes“Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all...”
Robert Louis Stevenson
6 quotes“To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man.”
Napoleon
6 quotes“With audacity one can undertake anything.”
Henrik Ibsen
5 quotes“You see, the point is that the strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.”
Plutarch
5 quotes“The Spartans do not ask how many are the enemy but where are they.”