Motivational Quotes

Fear

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

- Kafka, Franz

Best Quotes about Fear

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

Smith, Frederick

Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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

Taylor Swift

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

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

Fear only two: God, and the man who has no fear of God.

Proverb, Hasidic

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

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

Dyson, Freeman

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Claudianus, Claudius

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

Bismarck, Otto Von

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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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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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Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.

Proverb

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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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Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.

Horton, Doug

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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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He who is afraid of a thing gives it power over him.

Proverb, Moorish

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You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves.

Hesse, Hermann

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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 is what kills us.

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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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Less base the fear of death than fear of life.

Young, Edward

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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

Lorde, Audre

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People die of fright and live of confidence.

Thoreau, Henry David

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Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live

Thompson, Dorothy

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Half the things that people do not succeed in are through fear of making the attempt.

Northcote, James

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

Bryant, Jean

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Only he who can say, The Lord is my strength, can say, Of whom shall I be afraid?

Maclaren, Alexander

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

Maltz, Maxwell

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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

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The best safety lies in fear.

Shakespeare, William

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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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The truth is that there is no terror untempered by some great moral idea.

Godard, Jean-Luc

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

George Carlin

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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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First you jump off the cliff and you build wings on the way down.

Bradbury, Ray

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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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Fear is the biggest motivator.

Dixon, Bill

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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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Feel the fear and do it anyway.

Susan Jeffers

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The thing I fear most is fear.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Overstreet, Harry A.

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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Williamson, Marianne

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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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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