Motivational Quotes

Fear

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.

- Buddha

Best Quotes about Fear

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

Bismarck, Otto Von

Great fear is concealed under daring.

Lucan, F. L.

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

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it.

Hitchcock, Alfred

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

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

Wrigley Jr., William

Almost everything: all external expectations, all pride all fear of embarrassment or failure. These tings just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.

Steve Jobs

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

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

Eric Hoffer

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Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.

Carnegie, Dale

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Humans, with the capacities of higher-order thinking, can overcome limiting behaviors and fears.

Scheele, Paul R.

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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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Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

Marie Ebner von Eschenbach

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Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Action conquers fear.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.

Buddha

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

Dale, Stan

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

Renard, Jules

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Favor and disgrace are like fear. Favor is in a higher place, and disgrace in a lower place. When you win them you are like being in fear, and when you lose them you are also like being in fear. So favor and disgrace are like fear.

Lao-Tzu

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That fear may reach all, punish but few.

Proverb

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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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Fears are nothing more than states of mind.

Hill, Napoleon

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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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There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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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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Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind.

Lovecraft, H. P.

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A scalded cat dreads cold water.

Proverb

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

Johnson, Lady Bird

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

Claudianus, Claudius

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

Bradbury, Ray

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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

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Fear is what kills us.

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When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death -- that is heroism.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

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We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Berryman, John

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The thing I fear most is fear.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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Less base the fear of death than fear of life.

Young, Edward

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

Johnson, Samuel

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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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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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"Fearless" is living in spite of those things that scare you to death.

Taylor Swift

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Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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The best safety lies in fear.

Shakespeare, William

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Fear is proof of a low born soul.