Motivational Quotes

Fear

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

- Brown, Les

Best Quotes about Fear

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of utter unworthiness can be a source of courage.

Hoffer, Eric

He who knows self as the enjoyer of the honey from the flowers of the senses, ever present within, ruler of time, goes beyond fear. For this self is supreme!

Upanishads, Veda

There is the fear that we shan't prove worthy in the eyes of someone who knows us at least as well as we know ourselves. That is the fear of God. And there is the fear of Man --fear that men won't understand us and we shall be cut of from them.

Frost, Robert

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.

Lincoln, Abraham

Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

Shakespeare, William

A man's doubts and fears are his worst enemies.

Wrigley Jr., William

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

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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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Where the fear is, happiness is not.

Seneca

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

Hoffer, Eric

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

Shakespeare, William

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Confront your fears, list them, get to know them, and only then will you be able to put them aside and move ahead.

Gillies, Jerry

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Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

Frankl, Viktor E.

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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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It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter

Churchill, Winston

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He without fear is king of the world.

Eddison, E. E.

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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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Do what you fear most and you control fear.

Hopkins, Tom

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Fear is the biggest motivator.

Dixon, Bill

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Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind.

Lovecraft, H. P.

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Most fears cannot withstand the test of careful scrutiny and analysis. When we expose our fears to the light of thoughtful examination they usually just evaporate.

Canfield, Jack

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

Bradbury, Ray

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Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.

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

Bible

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Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil; but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to assist it. It should not be suffered to tyrannize

Johnson, Samuel

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Only he who can say, The Lord is my strength, can say, Of whom shall I be afraid?

Maclaren, Alexander

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The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

Carlyle, Thomas

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I know what I am fleeing from, but not what I am in search of.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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The innocent are free from fear, but the guilty always the dread of punishment before their eyes.

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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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Fears are nothing more than states of mind.

Hill, Napoleon

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Winners are those people who make a habit of doing the things losers are uncomfortable doing.

Foreman, Ed

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The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.

Maclaine, Shirley

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

Johnson, Lady Bird

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

Kafka, Franz

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We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

Colton, Charles Caleb

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Fear is proof of a low born soul.

Virgil

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

Bismarck, Otto Von

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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 not a lasting teacher of duty.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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It is an old psychological axiom that constant exposure to the object of fear immunizes against the fear.

Maltz, Maxwell

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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

Lorde, Audre

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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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Scruples, temptations, and fears, and cutting perplexities of the heart, are often the lot of the most excellent persons.

Kempis, Thomas

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

Seneca

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Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We wouldn't like jam if it didn't, by its very nature, ooze. We wouldn't like truth if it wasn't sticky, if, from time to time, it didn't ooze blood.

Baudrillard, Jean

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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