Motivational Quotes

Fear

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

- Carlyle, Thomas

Best Quotes about Fear

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live

Thompson, Dorothy

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

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

Lorde, Audre

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

Bradley, Francis H.

Do what you fear most and you control fear.

Hopkins, Tom

How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat?

Conrad, Joseph

Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

Francis Quarles

Action conquers fear.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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 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

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

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Nightingale, Florence

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Fear is the mind killer

Herbert, Frank

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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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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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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

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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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Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.

Smith, Frederick

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No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.

Edmund Burke

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I have a fear of failure.

Montana, Joe

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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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Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.

Lactantius, Lucius C.

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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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To hate and to fear is the be psychologically ill... it is, in fact, the consuming illness of our time.

Overstreet, Harry A.

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Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.

Ashe, Arthur

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

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Less base the fear of death than fear of life.

Young, Edward

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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

King, Billie Jean

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Fear is the sand in the machinery of life.

Jones, Eli Stanley

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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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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 is met and destroyed with courage.

Bell, James F.

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

Bible

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A scalded cat dreads cold water.

Proverb

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Fear guides more than gratitude.

Goldsmith, Oliver

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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

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It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Davis, Elmer

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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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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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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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The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It's the same thing, fear, but it's what you do with it that matters.

D'Amato, Cus

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

Hitchcock, Alfred

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

Kafka, Franz

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

Wrigley Jr., William

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Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.