Motivational Quotes

Fear

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.

- Lincoln, Abraham

Best Quotes about Fear

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

Frances Moore Lappe

The best safety lies in fear.

Shakespeare, William

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

Eric Hoffer

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

King, Billie Jean

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

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

Benson, Arthur Christopher

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.

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

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

Ann Radcliffe

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

Bryant, Jean

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

Johnson, Lady Bird

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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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Most fear stems from sin; to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit.

Gaye, Marvin

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Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

Marie Ebner von Eschenbach

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

George Carlin

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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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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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Great fear is concealed under daring.

Lucan, F. L.

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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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Fear is excitement without breath.

Heller, Robert

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

Downes, Donald

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Fear is what kills us.

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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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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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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

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Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We wouldn't like jam if it didn't, by its very nature, ooze. We wouldn't like truth if it wasn't sticky, if, from time to time, it didn't ooze blood.

Baudrillard, Jean

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Where the fear is, happiness is not.

Seneca

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

Wrigley Jr., William

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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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He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.

Dryden, John

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Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.

Horton, Doug

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

Hoffer, Eric

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Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.

Virgil

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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 is proof of a low born soul.

Virgil

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

Bible

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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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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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If you are not concerned about the outcome of a circumstance, you will experience no fear. Whatever the outcome will be, will be, whether you fear it or not.

Ching Ning Chu

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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 tax that conscience pays to guilt.

George Sewell

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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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A fighter has to know fear.