Motivational Quotes

Fear

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

Best Quotes about Fear

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

Wrigley Jr., William

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

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

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

Everyone has certain fears, certain things that one cannot abide.

Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.

Proverb

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

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

Thompson, Dorothy

10.

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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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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When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.

Ann Radcliffe

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Fear is proof of a low born soul.

Virgil

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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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As the ostrich when pursued hideth his head, but forgetteth his body; so the fears of a coward expose him to danger.

Akhenaton

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

Bryant, Jean

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

Dryden, John

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

Epictetus

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Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind.

Lovecraft, H. P.

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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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We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

Livy, Titus

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In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil.

Jameson, Anna

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

Ferdinand Foch

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Great fear is concealed under daring.

Lucan, F. L.

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We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.

Seneca

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God incarnate is the end of fear; and the heart that realizes that He is in the midst... will be quiet in the middle of alarm.

Meyer, F. B.

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Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil; but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to assist it. It should not be suffered to tyrannize

Johnson, Samuel

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

Bible

33.

We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Berryman, John

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

35.

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

Schuller, Robert H.

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Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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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

38.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

Syrus, Publilius

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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

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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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You gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ?I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.? You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortune, but its fears.

Benson, Arthur Christopher

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

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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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A fighter has to know fear.

D'Amato, Cus