Motivational Quotes

Fear

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

Best Quotes about Fear

At man's core there is a voice that wants him never to give in to fear. But if it is true that in general man cannot give in to fear, at the very least he postpones indefinitely the moment when he will have to confront himself with the object of his fear... when he will no longer have the assistance of reason as guaranteed by God, or when he will no longer have the assistance of God such as reason guaranteed. It is necessary to recoil, but it is necessary to leap, and perhaps one only recoils in order to leap better.

Bataille, Georges

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

Fear is met and destroyed with courage.

Bell, James F.

That fear may reach all, punish but few.

Proverb

Great fear is concealed under daring.

Lucan, F. L.

Fear can supplant our real problems only to the extent --unwilling either to assimilate or to exhaust it --we perpetuate it within ourselves like a temptation and enthrone it at the very heart of our solitude.

Cioran, E. M.

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

Do what you fear most and you control fear.

Hopkins, Tom

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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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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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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Fears are nothing more than states of mind.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Taylor Swift

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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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Fear makes men believe the worst.

Rufus, Quintus Curtius

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There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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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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It is an old psychological axiom that constant exposure to the object of fear immunizes against the fear.

Maltz, Maxwell

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My worst fear is that I'll end up living in some run-down duplex on Wilshire wearing pants hiked up to my nipples and muttering under my breath.

Dreyfuss, Richard

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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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Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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

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We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Berryman, John

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Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

Shakespeare, William

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Fear is what kills us.

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The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It's the same thing, fear, but it's what you do with it that matters.

D'Amato, Cus

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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

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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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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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The thing I fear most is fear.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Bismarck, Otto Von

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There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.

Renard, Jules

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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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Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.

Michael Pritchard

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

Hoffer, Eric

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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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The first and great commandment is, Don't let them scare you.

Davis, Elmer

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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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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 only two: God, and the man who has no fear of God.

Proverb, Hasidic

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Fear the man who fears you.

Proverb, Hasidic

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The best safety lies in fear.

Shakespeare, William

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