"I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.“


-Nadia Comaneci

posted in fear


I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

Other Quotes You Might Like

Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection

"We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests."

-Nadia Comaneci

travelView Quote
"You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people."

-Nadia Comaneci

positiveView Quote
"I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives."

-Nadia Comaneci

positiveView Quote
"My marriage to my husband, Bart Conner in 1996 is my proudest personal moment."

-Nadia Comaneci

marriageView Quote
"I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age."

-Nadia Comaneci

ageView Quote
"How sweet it is!"

-Jackie Gleason

migrate3View Quote

More Quotes About fear

Explore other inspiring quotes in this category

"There's no love more intense than the love we have for our kids - and where there is intense love, there is also intense fear lurking beneath the surface."

-Arianna Huffington

fearView Quote
"You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear."

-Candace Bushnell

fearView Quote
"I think interviews can be fine. It's just there's this terrible fear of coming off wrongly or saying something that gets taken out of context."

-Nicholas Hoult

fearView Quote
"Don't fear anything for your letters, they are burnt one by one and I hope you do the same with mine."

-Camille Claudel

fearView Quote
"I think, however, that so long as our present economic and national systems continue, scientific research has little to fear."

-John B. S. Haldane

fearView Quote
"Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it."

-Lionel Richie

fearView Quote