6 Quotes by Joe Kita

The answer to fear isn’t courage or confidence; it’s learning to trust yourself.

Fear is a survival instinct, after all. When there’s no longer a chance of survival, there should no longer be a reason for fear to exist.

Courage is merely a result of vanity and pride. We act valiantly not out of selfless concern and responsibility but out of our own conceit and egoism. If not for an audience there would be less heroes.

I’m no longer afraid of this pain. Although it hurts and i’ll be sore for days afterward, the accomplishment, perspective, and pride I’ll derive will tranquilize it. My abrasions and my blisters will become my medals. It’s the same reason mothers choose to become pregnant again. Some pain is worth it.

Maybe before you can be fearless, you must be humble. Maybe before you can be courageous, you must surrender. Maybe before you can have pride, you must swallow it. The ego obscures reality just as t6he clouds do the sun. Maybe that’s why intelligent people seem more prone to phobias. It’s not because they’re smarter, it’s because they feel more self-important. Conceit is what worry and fear feed on.

Maybe there would be a little less fear in the world if we all had the courage to share our own. Maybe then we wouldn’t feel so alone.