#facing

I have to keep facing the darkness. If I stand tall and face the thing I fear, I have a chance to conquer it. If I just keep dodging and hiding it will conquer me. ↗

— Mary Pope Osborne

#facing-fears #fortitude #perseverance #courage

I'd love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mortality, laughed in the face of death, et cetera. The truth? My only thought was: Aaaaggghhhhh! ↗

— Rick Riordan

#panic #percy-jackson #death

Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it. ↗

— Judy Blume

#experience

Every creative person, and I think probably every other person, faces resistance when they are trying to create something good...The harder the resistance, the more important the task must be. ↗

— Donald Miller

#facing-fear #resistance #life

Had I faced all the facts It seemed like I had but actually you never know just by remembering how many there were to have faced. ↗

— Jane Smiley

#fact #reality #life

We must step out of our digital avatars, and come together and have face-to-face dialogue as often as possible. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#bravery #discovery #facing-reality #love-yourself #reality

What's done cannot be undone. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#faits-accomplis #truth #fact

A fear of weakness only strengthens weakness. ↗

— Criss Jami

#denial #facing #facing-fear #facing-problems #fear

So what we're talking about here is human rights. The right to live like a human. The right to live, period. And what we're facing in Africa is an unprecedented threat to human dignity and equality. ↗

— Bono

#africa #dignity #equality #facing #here

Our platform calls for a balanced deficit reduction plan where the wealthy pay their fair share. And when your country is in a costly war, with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home, being asked to pay your fair share isn't class warfare - it's patriotism. ↗

— Cory Booker

#asked #balanced #being #calls #class