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

Fear guides more than gratitude.

Goldsmith, Oliver

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

Hoffer, Eric

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

Kafka, Franz

Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.

Smith, Frederick

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

Maclaine, Shirley

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Downes, Donald

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

Whenever we're afraid, its because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.

Nightingale, Earl

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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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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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I have a fear of failure.

Montana, Joe

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Fear makes men believe the worst.

Rufus, Quintus Curtius

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Only your mind can produce fear.

A Course In Miracles

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You gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ?I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.? You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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

Francis Quarles

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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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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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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

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.

Johnson, Lady Bird

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

Scheele, Paul R.

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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

Lorde, Audre

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

Bible

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There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.

Renard, Jules

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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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Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

Shakespeare, William

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An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.

Anouilh, Jean

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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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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

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Less base the fear of death than fear of life.

Young, Edward

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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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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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Fear is met and destroyed with courage.

Bell, James F.

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

King, Billie Jean

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

Nixon, Richard M.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

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Winners are those people who make a habit of doing the things losers are uncomfortable doing.

Foreman, Ed

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The best safety lies in fear.

Shakespeare, William

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

Paul, Jean

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Fear is the mind killer

Herbert, Frank

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

Benson, Arthur Christopher

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Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.

Michael Pritchard

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

George Carlin

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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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A scalded cat dreads cold water.

Proverb