Motivational Quotes

Fear

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

- Colton, Charles Caleb

Best Quotes about 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

Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

Shakespeare, William

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

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

Godard, Jean-Luc

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

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

Wrigley Jr., William

By the time we are women, fear is as familiar to us as air. It is our element. We live in it, we inhale it, we exhale it, and most of the time we do not even notice it. Instead of I am afraid, we say, I don't want to, or I don't know how, or I can't.

Dworkin, Andrea

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

Bradbury, Ray

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Action conquers fear.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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

Bismarck, Otto Von

12.

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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Feel the fear and do it anyway.

Susan Jeffers

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

Nightingale, Florence

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None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

Ferdinand Foch

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

Claudianus, Claudius

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

Hoffer, Eric

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Fear is what kills us.

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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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Fear of success can also be tied into the idea that success means someone else's loss. Some people are unconsciously guilty because they believe their victories are coming at the expense of another.

Harvey, Joan C.

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

Johnson, Samuel

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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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Do the thing we fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.

Lactantius, Lucius C.

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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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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

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The best safety lies in fear.

Shakespeare, William

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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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You can't underestimate the power of fear.

Nixon, Patricia

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

Johnson, Lady Bird

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I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to deny who we are.

Frances Moore Lappe

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He without fear is king of the world.

Eddison, E. E.

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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

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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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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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An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.

Anouilh, Jean

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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

Lorde, Audre

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People die of fright and live of confidence.

Thoreau, Henry David

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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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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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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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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

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

Taylor Swift

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He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.

Dryden, John

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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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Where the fear is, happiness is not.

Seneca

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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