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I am totally fearless! Well, of course, I'm not totally fearless. I worry constantly and obsess over things, but I just don't let fear stand in the way of doing something that I really want to do.

I tend to think you're fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway.

People say to me all the time, 'You have no fear.' I tell them, 'No, that's not true. I'm scared all the time. You have to have fear in order to have courage. I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person.'

Being brave isn't the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.

I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.

It's interesting how we often can't see the ways in which we are being strong - like, you can't be aware of what you're doing that's tough and brave at the time that you're doing it because if you knew that it was brave, then you'd be scared.

I guess sometimes fear is a good thing. It's a really good motivator.

I do get scared, but I think - like it says in another book I've read - feel the fear and do it anyway. I try to have courage, pray a little bit and work through it. I'd rather try, even if I fail.

Something like riding a horse - which I've recently started doing - requires courage, especially for me, as I started out being actually scared of horses.