Flinch Quotes

“You can't make yourself feel positive, but you can choose how to act, and if you choose right, it builds your confidence.”
― Julien Smith, The Flinch

“Behind every flinch is a fear or an anxiety - sometimes rational, sometimes not. Without the fear, there is no flinch. But wiping out the fear isn't what's important - facing it is.”
― Julien Smith, The Flinch

“The ability to withstand the flinch comes with the knowledge that the future will be better than the past.”
― Julien Smith, The Flinch

“I was persisting in reading my present environment in the light of my old one.”
― Richard Wright, Black Boy

“The flinch is your real opponent, and information won’t help you fight it. It’s behind every unhappy marriage, every hidden vice, and every unfulfilled life. Behind the flinch is pain avoidance, and dealing with pain demands strength you may not think you have.”
― Julien Smith, The Flinch