Motivational Quotes

Fear

Fear is the biggest motivator.

- Dixon, Bill

Best Quotes about Fear

There is nothing strange about fear: no matter in what guise it presents itself it is something with which we are all so familiar that when a man appears who is without it we are at once enslaved by him.

Miller, Henry

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

Francis Quarles

To use fear as the friend it is, we must retrain and reprogram ourselves...We must persistently and convincingly tell ourselves that the fear is here--with its gift of energy and heightened awareness--so we can do our best and learn the most in the new situation.

Peter McWilliams

Fears are nothing more than states of mind.

Hill, Napoleon

Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind.

Lovecraft, H. P.

Winners are those people who make a habit of doing the things losers are uncomfortable doing.

Foreman, Ed

The thing I fear most is fear.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

Scruples, temptations, and fears, and cutting perplexities of the heart, are often the lot of the most excellent persons.

Kempis, Thomas

Fear the man who fears you.

Proverb, Hasidic

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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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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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Fear guides more than gratitude.

Goldsmith, Oliver

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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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Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them.

Marilyn Ferguson

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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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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 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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Only your mind can produce fear.

A Course In Miracles

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It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.

Eric Hoffer

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Thompson, Dorothy

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At first cock-crow the ghosts must go Back to their quiet graves below.

Theodosia Garrison

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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

Lorde, Audre

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

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Every day I run scared. That's the only way I can stay ahead.

Johnson, John

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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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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

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

Taylor Swift

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

Hitchcock, Alfred

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A fighter has to know fear.

D'Amato, Cus

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Fear is met and destroyed with courage.

Bell, James F.

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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 proof of a low born soul.

Virgil

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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 timid are afraid before the danger, the cowardly while in danger, and the courageous after danger.

Paul, Jean

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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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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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You can get something done in a short time with fear, but in the long run it just doesn't pay off.

Parsons, Wendell

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

Shakespeare, William

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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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Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.

George Sewell

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

Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

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The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.

Hill, Napoleon

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Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.

Horton, Doug