Motivational Quotes

Fear

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

- Francis Quarles

Best Quotes about Fear

Humans, with the capacities of higher-order thinking, can overcome limiting behaviors and fears.

Scheele, Paul R.

Fear is the biggest motivator.

Dixon, Bill

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

Ann Radcliffe

He who strikes terror in others is himself continually in fear.

Claudianus, Claudius

Fear is the mind killer

Herbert, Frank

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

Come to the edge, He said. They said, We are afraid. Come to the edge, He said. They came. He pushed them... and they flew.

Apollinaire, Guillaume

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

Kafka, Franz

Fearless minds climb soonest into crowns.

Shakespeare, William

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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

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

Kempis, Thomas

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Fear of success can also be tied into the idea that success means someone else's loss. Some people are unconsciously guilty because they believe their victories are coming at the expense of another.

Harvey, Joan C.

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Fear is the sand in the machinery of life.

Jones, Eli Stanley

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

Davis, Elmer

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Only your mind can produce fear.

A Course In Miracles

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Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.

Lactantius, Lucius C.

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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

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Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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People die of fright and live of confidence.

Thoreau, Henry David

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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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Only with absolute fearlessness can we slay the dragons of mediocrity that invade our gardens.

Keynes, John Maynard

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People always make the wolf more formidable than he is.

Proverb, French

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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Wrigley Jr., William

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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

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Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.

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

Bismarck, Otto Von

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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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Fear is what kills us.

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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

Lorde, Audre

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The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.

Maclaine, Shirley

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

King, Billie Jean

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

Epictetus

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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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Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil; but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to assist it. It should not be suffered to tyrannize

Johnson, Samuel

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Those who love to be feared fear to be loved, and they themselves are more afraid than anyone, for whereas other men fear only them, they fear everyone.

Francis De Sales, St.

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Fear sometimes stops you from doing stupid things. But it can also stop you from doing creative or exciting or experimental things. It can cloud your judgment of others, and lead to all kinds of evil. The control and understanding of our personal fears is one of the most important undertakings in our life.

Helen Mirren

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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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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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If you forgo your plan, you also have to forgo fear.

Eric Schmidt

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There is the fear that we shan't prove worthy in the eyes of someone who knows us at least as well as we know ourselves. That is the fear of God. And there is the fear of Man --fear that men won't understand us and we shall be cut of from them.

Frost, Robert

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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