Motivational Quotes

Fear

There are only two forces that unite men -- fear and interest.

- Bonaparte, Napoleon

Best Quotes about Fear

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Feel the fear and do it anyway.

Susan Jeffers

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

Comfort zones are plush lined coffins. When you stay in your plush lined coffins, you die.

Dale, Stan

I have a fear of failure.

Montana, Joe

An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.

Bismarck, Otto Von

It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear.

Dyson, Freeman

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy

Carnegie, Dale

Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid. [Matthew 14:27]

Bible

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

Renard, Jules

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The worst nightmare I ever had about Vietnam was that I had to go back. I woke up in a sweat, in total terror.

Stone, Oliver

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Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully.

Frances Moore Lappe

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Whenever we're afraid, its because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.

Nightingale, Earl

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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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A fighter has to know fear.

D'Amato, Cus

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A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because worms are scarce.

Axiom, Grandma

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Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.

John Paul II

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You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

Carnegie, Dale

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At first cock-crow the ghosts must go Back to their quiet graves below.

Theodosia Garrison

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Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.

Virgil

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Do what you fear most and you control fear.

Hopkins, Tom

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The best safety lies in fear.

Shakespeare, William

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Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them.

Marilyn Ferguson

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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.

Johnson, Samuel

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Fear is the biggest motivator.

Dixon, Bill

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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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A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.

Seneca

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

Shakespeare, William

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Depression, gloom, pessimism, despair, discouragement, these slay ten human beings to every one murdered by typhoid, influenza, diabetes or pneumonia. If tuberculosis is the great white plague, then fear is the great black plague.

Murray, Gilbert

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Fear of becoming a has been keeps some people from becoming anything.

Hoffer, Eric

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How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

Nightingale, Florence

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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

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Fear can supplant our real problems only to the extent --unwilling either to assimilate or to exhaust it --we perpetuate it within ourselves like a temptation and enthrone it at the very heart of our solitude.

Cioran, E. M.

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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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We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Berryman, John

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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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Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.

Thomson, Virgil

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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

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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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It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.

Eric Hoffer

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The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.