Motivational Quotes

Fear

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

- Eric Hoffer

Best Quotes about Fear

Fear is met and destroyed with courage.

Bell, James F.

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

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

Carlyle, Thomas

It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear.

Dyson, Freeman

Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.

Horton, Doug

Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.

Cervantes, Miguel De

Fear is what kills us.

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

Livy, Titus

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

Epictetus

10.

Fear the man who fears you.

Proverb, Hasidic

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Fear makes men believe the worst.

Rufus, Quintus Curtius

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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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My fear... is my substance, and probably the best part of me.

Kafka, Franz

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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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The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

Buddha

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Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.

George Sewell

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Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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A fighter has to know fear.

D'Amato, Cus

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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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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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Comfort zones are plush lined coffins. When you stay in your plush lined coffins, you die.

Dale, Stan

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Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.

Proverb

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

Axiom, Grandma

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Only your mind can produce fear.

A Course In Miracles

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The timidity of the child or the savage is entirely reasonable; they are alarmed at this world, because this world is a very alarming place. They dislike being alone because it is verily and indeed an awful idea to be alone. Barbarians fear the unknown for the same reason that Agnostics worship it --because it is a fact.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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He who is afraid of a thing gives it power over him.

Proverb, Moorish

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

Davis, Elmer

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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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Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

Syrus, Publilius

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Fears are nothing more than states of mind.

Hill, Napoleon

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An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.

Anouilh, Jean

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

Hill, Napoleon

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Almost everything: all external expectations, all pride all fear of embarrassment or failure. These tings just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.

Steve Jobs

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

Ferdinand Foch

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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

Lorde, Audre

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You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves.

Hesse, Hermann

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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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

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

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I have a fear of failure.

Montana, Joe

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We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Berryman, John

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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

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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