Motivational Quotes

Fear

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

- Ferdinand Foch

Best Quotes about Fear

1.

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

2.

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

Ferdinand Foch

3.

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

Taylor Swift

4.

Fears are nothing more than states of mind.

Hill, Napoleon

5.

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

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

Bryant, Jean

10.

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

11.

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

Davis, Elmer

12.

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

13.

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

Wrigley Jr., William

14.

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

Paul, Jean

15.

People react to fear, not love --they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true.

Nixon, Richard M.

16.

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

King, Billie Jean

17.

Fear is excitement without breath.

Heller, Robert

18.

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

19.

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

20.

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to your fear.

Patton, George S.

21.

Fear makes men believe the worst.

Rufus, Quintus Curtius

22.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

23.

Fear is a habit; so is self-pity, defeat, anxiety, despair, hopelessness and resignation. You can eliminate all of these negative habits with two simple resolves: I can!! and I will!!

24.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

25.

A scalded cat dreads cold water.

Proverb

26.

Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.

Cervantes, Miguel De

27.

When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction.

Ann Radcliffe

28.

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

Livy, Titus

29.

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

30.

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

Frankl, Viktor E.

31.

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

32.

Fear is proof of a low born soul.

Virgil

33.

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death -- that is heroism.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

34.

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.

35.

To hate and to fear is the be psychologically ill... it is, in fact, the consuming illness of our time.

Overstreet, Harry A.

36.

Fear is what kills us.

37.

Favor and disgrace are like fear. Favor is in a higher place, and disgrace in a lower place. When you win them you are like being in fear, and when you lose them you are also like being in fear. So favor and disgrace are like fear.

Lao-Tzu

38.

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

39.

Fear can be conquered. I became a better person and a better football player when I learned that lesson.

Craig, Roger

40.

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

Lorde, Audre

41.

There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.