Motivational Quotes

Fear

When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction.

- Ann Radcliffe

Best Quotes about Fear

My worst fear is that I'll end up living in some run-down duplex on Wilshire wearing pants hiked up to my nipples and muttering under my breath.

Dreyfuss, Richard

Fear only two: God, and the man who has no fear of God.

Proverb, Hasidic

In life we donÆt get what we want, we get in life what we are. If we want more we have to be able to be more, in order to be more you have to face rejection.

Farrah Gray

Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

The first and great commandment is, Don't let them scare you.

Davis, Elmer

I can say, I am terribly frightened and fear is terrible and awful and it makes me uncomfortable, so I won't do that because it makes me uncomfortable. Or I could say get used to being uncomfortable. It is uncomfortable doing something that's risky. But so what? Do you want to stagnate and just be comfortable?

Streisand, Barbara

I think over again my small adventures, my fears, These small ones that seemed so big. For all the vital things I had to get and to reach. And yet there is only one great thing, The only thing. To live to see the great day that dawns And the light that fills the world.

Inuit Song

First you jump off the cliff and you build wings on the way down.

Bradbury, Ray

Those who love to be feared fear to be loved, and they themselves are more afraid than anyone, for whereas other men fear only them, they fear everyone.

Francis De Sales, St.

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Most fear stems from sin; to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit.

Gaye, Marvin

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When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation -- it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.

Brown, Les

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The truth is that there is no terror untempered by some great moral idea.

Godard, Jean-Luc

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Fear guides more than gratitude.

Goldsmith, Oliver

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He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.

Dryden, John

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Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Bertrand Russell

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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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Fear is proof of a low born soul.

Virgil

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Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind.

Lovecraft, H. P.

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Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

Shakespeare, William

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The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care.

Bradley, Francis H.

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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Williamson, Marianne

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Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.

Michael Pritchard

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There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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It all changed when I realized I'm not the only one on the planet who's scared. Everyone else is, too. I started asking people, Are you scared, too? You bet your sweet life I am. Aha, so that's the way it is for you, too. We were all in the same boat. That's probably what is so effective at our workshops. When I ask, Who else feels like this? the whole room of hands goes up. People realize they are not the only one who feels that way.

Dale, Stan

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All men have fears, but the Brave put down their fears and go forward. Sometimes to Death, but always to Victory.

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Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.

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Fear can be conquered. I became a better person and a better football player when I learned that lesson.

Craig, Roger

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Great fear is concealed under daring.

Lucan, F. L.

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Do the thing we fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Fearless minds climb soonest into crowns.

Shakespeare, William

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Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours.

Proverb, Swedish

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Fear of the pain blinds us to the goal of healing. Only by seeing our problems clearly and experiencing them can we do something about them.

Hoffman, Bob

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Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.

Johnson, Lady Bird

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Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand.

Nagarjuna, Siddha

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There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to your fear.

Patton, George S.

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My fear... is my substance, and probably the best part of me.

Kafka, Franz

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There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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To use fear as the friend it is, we must retrain and reprogram ourselves...We must persistently and convincingly tell ourselves that the fear is here--with its gift of energy and heightened awareness--so we can do our best and learn the most in the new situation.

Peter McWilliams

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There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.

Renard, Jules

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Fear makes men believe the worst.

Rufus, Quintus Curtius

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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.

Proverb

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He who strikes terror in others is himself continually in fear.

Claudianus, Claudius

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Only with absolute fearlessness can we slay the dragons of mediocrity that invade our gardens.

Keynes, John Maynard

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A fighter has to know fear.

D'Amato, Cus

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The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

Buddha

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Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.

Brown, Les

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God incarnate is the end of fear; and the heart that realizes that He is in the midst... will be quiet in the middle of alarm.

Meyer, F. B.

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Fear is a habit; so is self-pity, defeat, anxiety, despair, hopelessness and resignation. You can eliminate all of these negative habits with two simple resolves: I can!! and I will!!

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Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.

Cervantes, Miguel De