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

Less base the fear of death than fear of life.

Young, Edward

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

Fearless minds climb soonest into crowns.

Shakespeare, William

Fear is the biggest motivator.

Dixon, Bill

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

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

Wrigley Jr., William

Where the fear is, happiness is not.

Seneca

He who is afraid of a thing gives it power over him.

Proverb, Moorish

Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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

Hitchcock, Alfred

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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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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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We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Berryman, John

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

Keynes, John Maynard

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

Francis Quarles

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If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.

Patton, George S.

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

Taylor Swift

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Fear is the sand in the machinery of life.

Jones, Eli Stanley

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Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.

Horton, Doug

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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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It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter

Churchill, Winston

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

Bradley, Francis H.

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Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.

Michael Pritchard

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

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Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person.

Dr. David M. Burns

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Carnegie, Dale

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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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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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One need not be a chamber to be haunted; One need not be a house; The brain has corridors surpassing Material place.

Emily Dickinson

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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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The fear of being wrong is the prime inhibitor of the creative process.

Bryant, Jean

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Fear is excitement without breath.

Heller, Robert

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

Godard, Jean-Luc

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People react to fear, not love --they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true.

Nixon, Richard M.

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Half the things that people do not succeed in are through fear of making the attempt.

Northcote, James

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You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least.

Austen, Jane

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

Bismarck, Otto Von

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

Thompson, Dorothy

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If you are not concerned about the outcome of a circumstance, you will experience no fear. Whatever the outcome will be, will be, whether you fear it or not.

Ching Ning Chu

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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

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Fear can be headier than whiskey, once man has acquired a taste for it.

Downes, Donald

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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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You can't underestimate the power of fear.

Nixon, Patricia