69 Fearless Quotes to Unlock Your Badass Like Taylor Swift

Okay! fearlessness isn’t something you wake up with one morning. It’s not like, “Oh, today I’ll stop caring about what other people think and suddenly become a fearless badass.” Nope. It takes time and guts.

Fearlessness is something you build up, moment by moment, decision by decision. And even then, some days you’ll still feel like fear is sitting in the driver’s seat.

You know who does that better than anyone? Taylor Swift. Love her or hate her, you’ve got to give her props for living her life on her own terms, no matter how many people try to tear her down. She’s the queen of shaking it off both in her lyrics and in real life. She doesn’t just talk about being fearless, she lives it.

That’s why I put together this list of 69 fearless quotes, not just from Taylor, but from other badass people who’ve walked the walk and want to share some wisdom. These quotes are the reminders you need when you’re staring down your fears and wondering if you’ve got it in you to keep pushing forward.

Fearless Quotes On Taking Risks

“Fearless is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death.” – Taylor Swift
“If you’re not making some notable mistakes along the way, you’re certainly not taking enough business and career chances.” – Sallie Krawcheck
“Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“The only thing standing between you and outrageous success is continuous progress.” – Dan Waldschmidt
“If you don’t take risks, you’ll always work for someone who does.” – Nora Denzel
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott
“If you want to play the game and win, you’ve got to play “full out.” You’ve got to be willing to feel stupid, and you’ve got to be willing to try things that might not work—and if they don’t work, be willing to change your approach.” – Tony Robbins

Fearless Quotes To Boost Your Confidence

“You are not your mistakes; you are not your struggles. You are here NOW with the power to shape your day and your future.” – Steve Maraboli
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Why not go out on a limb? That’s where the fruit is.” – Mark Twain
“You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Christopher Columbus
“Just be yourself. There is no one better.” – Taylor Swift
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence.” – Blake Lively
“Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.” – Malcolm Forbes

Fearless Quotes for Going Against the Norm

“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” – Winston Churchill
“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.” – Steve Jobs
“The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.” – Will Rogers
“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” – Steve Jobs
“Stay afraid but do it anyway. What’s important is the action.” – Carrie Fisher
“Fearless is getting back up and fighting for what you want over and over again . . . even though every time you’ve tried before you’ve lost.” – Taylor Swift
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert F. Kennedy

Fearless Quotes On Embracing Failures

“Failure is not the opposite of success; it’s part of success.” – Arianna Huffington
“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
“It’s fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” – Bill Gates
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” – Henry Ford
“If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.” – Zig Ziglar
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
“Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.” – Michael Jordan

Fearless Quotes for Chasing Your Dreams

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan
“People who wonder whether the glass is half empty or half full miss the point. The glass is refillable.” – Simon Sinek
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer.” – Harriet Tubman
“I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey

Fearless Quotes for Not Giving a Damn

“You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality.” – Les Brown
“What other people think and say about you is none of your business. The most destructive thing you would ever do is to believe someone else’s opinion of you. You have to stop letting other people’s opinions control you.” – Roy T. Bennett
“People are going to judge you anyway, so you might as well do what you want.” – Taylor Swift
“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.” – Lao Tzu
“Be so good they can’t ignore you.” – Steve Martin

Fearless Quotes for Staying Strong

“Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.” – Bethany Hamilton
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Don’t let fear decide your future.” – Shalane Flanagan
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.” – Bob Riley

Fearless Quotes for Letting Go

“Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” – Steve Maraboli
“Letting go is fearless. Then, moving on and being alright, that’s fearless too.” – Taylor Swift
“Sometimes the hardest part isn’t letting go, but rather learning to start over.” – Nicole Sobon
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” – Hermann Hesse

Fearless Quotes for Being True to Yourself

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” – Marilyn Monroe
“If they don’t like you for being yourself, be yourself even more.” – Taylor Swift
“Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got.” – Janis Joplin
“I am not afraid of the storm, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott
“I’m different, and I’m not afraid to be different.” – Debby Ryan
“You were born to be real, not to be perfect. You are here to be you, not to live someone else’s life.” – Ralph Marston

Fearless Quotes About Persistence

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
“Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure.” – Aisha Tyler
“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
“In life, you learn lessons. And at the end of the day, you learn to persevere and keep going.” – Taylor Swift
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
“We are made to persist . . . that’s how we find out who we are.” – Tobias Wolff
“A man is not finished when he’s defeated; he’s finished when he quits.” – Richard M. Nixon
“Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter.” – Dan Reeves

Fearless Quotes for Owning Your Power

“Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” – Roy T. Bennett
“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand
“I’m intimidated by the fear of being average.” – Taylor Swift