Motivational Quotes

Fear

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

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

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

Frances Moore Lappe

At first cock-crow the ghosts must go Back to their quiet graves below.

Theodosia Garrison

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

Maclaine, Shirley

Fearless minds climb soonest into crowns.

Shakespeare, William

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

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

Eric Hoffer

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.

Anderson, Marian

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Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid. [Matthew 14:27]

Bible

11.

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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That fear may reach all, punish but few.

Proverb

13.

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy

Carnegie, Dale

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

Wrigley Jr., William

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You can't underestimate the power of fear.

Nixon, Patricia

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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

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Every day I run scared. That's the only way I can stay ahead.

Johnson, John

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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 the darkroom where negatives are developed.

20.

People always make the wolf more formidable than he is.

Proverb, French

21.

We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Berryman, John

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

Epictetus

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

Bradley, Francis H.

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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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Do what you fear most and you control fear.

Hopkins, Tom

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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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Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.

George Sewell

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Fear can be headier than whiskey, once man has acquired a taste for it.

Downes, Donald

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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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He without fear is king of the world.

Eddison, E. E.

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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

33.

Do the thing we fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.

Seneca

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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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Action conquers fear.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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Fear guides more than gratitude.

Goldsmith, Oliver

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Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.

Michael Pritchard

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There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it.

Hitchcock, Alfred

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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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Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.

Ashe, Arthur

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

George Carlin

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It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter

Churchill, Winston

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One need not be a chamber to be haunted; One need not be a house; The brain has corridors surpassing Material place.

Emily Dickinson

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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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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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I can say, I am terribly frightened and fear is terrible and awful and it makes me uncomfortable, so I won't do that because it makes me uncomfortable. Or I could say get used to being uncomfortable. It is uncomfortable doing something that's risky. But so what? Do you want to stagnate and just be comfortable?

Streisand, Barbara

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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