Motivational Quotes

Fear

Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully.

- Frances Moore Lappe

Best Quotes about Fear

A scalded cat dreads cold water.

Proverb

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

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

In life we donÆt get what we want, we get in life what we are. If we want more we have to be able to be more, in order to be more you have to face rejection.

Farrah Gray

The best safety lies in fear.

Shakespeare, William

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

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

Benson, Arthur Christopher

I have a fear of failure.

Montana, Joe

The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care.

Bradley, Francis H.

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The worst nightmare I ever had about Vietnam was that I had to go back. I woke up in a sweat, in total terror.

Stone, Oliver

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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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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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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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Fears are nothing more than states of mind.

Hill, Napoleon

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Fear of the pain blinds us to the goal of healing. Only by seeing our problems clearly and experiencing them can we do something about them.

Hoffman, Bob

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Fear the man who fears you.

Proverb, Hasidic

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Do what you fear most and you control fear.

Hopkins, Tom

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

Eric Hoffer

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People always make the wolf more formidable than he is.

Proverb, French

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

Hoffer, Eric

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Where the fear is, happiness is not.

Seneca

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

Kafka, Franz

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

Wrigley Jr., William

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

Maltz, Maxwell

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I think over again my small adventures, my fears, These small ones that seemed so big. For all the vital things I had to get and to reach. And yet there is only one great thing, The only thing. To live to see the great day that dawns And the light that fills the world.

Inuit Song

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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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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

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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.

Johnson, Samuel

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You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

Carnegie, Dale

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Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.

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

Craig, Roger

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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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How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

Nightingale, Florence

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

Dyson, Freeman

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Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.

Virgil

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

Ann Radcliffe

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You can't underestimate the power of fear.

Nixon, Patricia

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

Shakespeare, William

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

George Carlin

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Fear is met and destroyed with courage.

Bell, James F.

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Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully.

Frances Moore Lappe

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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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I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to deny who we are.

Frances Moore Lappe

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