Motivational Quotes

Fear

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

- Claudianus, Claudius

Best Quotes about Fear

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

Livy, Titus

All men have fears, but the Brave put down their fears and go forward. Sometimes to Death, but always to Victory.

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

In life we donÆt get what we want, we get in life what we are. If we want more we have to be able to be more, in order to be more you have to face rejection.

Farrah Gray

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to your fear.

Patton, George S.

Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

Shakespeare, William

Fear sometimes stops you from doing stupid things. But it can also stop you from doing creative or exciting or experimental things. It can cloud your judgment of others, and lead to all kinds of evil. The control and understanding of our personal fears is one of the most important undertakings in our life.

Helen Mirren

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

The best safety lies in fear.

Shakespeare, William

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Fear the man who fears you.

Proverb, Hasidic

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

Claudianus, Claudius

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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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For it is not death or hardship that is a fearful thing, but the fear of death and hardship.

Epictetus

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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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Action conquers fear.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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

Axiom, Grandma

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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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We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Berryman, John

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

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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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You can't underestimate the power of fear.

Nixon, Patricia

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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 makes men believe the worst.

Rufus, Quintus Curtius

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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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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Where the fear is, happiness is not.

Seneca

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Those who love to be feared fear to be loved, and they themselves are more afraid than anyone, for whereas other men fear only them, they fear everyone.

Francis De Sales, St.

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

Shakespeare, William

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I have a fear of failure.

Montana, Joe

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Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Bradbury, Ray

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

Thompson, Dorothy

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The thing I fear most is fear.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Johnson, Samuel

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There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.

George Carlin

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