You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience

We often give too much importance to fear, and confidence and sometimes tend to overanalyse things. At any point, the main thing to focus on is what needs to be done and why. Fear, courage and confidence sometimes become excuses for us to not do these things. They are universally accepted because many people have used them before. But they don’t get things done right? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not making a mockery of strength, courage or confidence – they will come to you when you need them. The best way to get them is by going beyond these things and doing what you have to. I think that’s the main message in this quote – you gain confidence and strength by doing things, not the other way around.

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face

Eleanor Roosevelt

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face

Confidence and fear are often the two most common excuses when we take up something new. How can we have confidence in something that we haven’t done before? We get confidence from the results and completing a few things. We don’t complete things because of the confidence we have in them.

I love the personal world which is complex and often has multiple layered reasons for these things. The past is one of the most common reasons where we find the rationale for lack of confidence or strength. But each situation must be treated on its merit. We can’t fail today because we’ve failed in the past. That’s a poor excuse for anything. Logically it makes no sense because the same situation will never present itself in the same way. The best thing we can do is to learn from these experiences and gain the strength to do things better. This can never be an excuse not to try at all.

We gain strength, courage and confidence through experiences. The same is true for wisdom – wisdom comes from experience. The quote is telling us not to get stuck in the complex world of reasons which prevent us from doing something. Instead, find a way to motivate yourself beyond fear, and find strength and courage to do things. Let the results of these actions motivate you to do more gain more confidence and take on additional experiences. Life is too short to lament and create excuses. They will not give the same joy as doing something.

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face

Eleanor Roosevelt