Motivational Quotes

Fear

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.

Best Quotes about Fear

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

Proverb, Moorish

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.

Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

Shakespeare, William

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.

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

Most fears cannot withstand the test of careful scrutiny and analysis. When we expose our fears to the light of thoughtful examination they usually just evaporate.

Canfield, Jack

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

Fear is the sand in the machinery of life.

Jones, Eli Stanley

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

Proverb, Hasidic

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

Maltz, Maxwell

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

Hoffer, Eric

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

Dyson, Freeman

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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People die of fright and live of confidence.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Only your mind can produce fear.

A Course In Miracles

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If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.

Patton, George S.

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The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

Carlyle, Thomas

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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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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 makes men believe the worst.

Rufus, Quintus Curtius

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A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.

Seneca

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Fear is excitement without breath.

Heller, Robert

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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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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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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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Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.

George Sewell

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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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Great fear is concealed under daring.

Lucan, F. L.

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Depression, gloom, pessimism, despair, discouragement, these slay ten human beings to every one murdered by typhoid, influenza, diabetes or pneumonia. If tuberculosis is the great white plague, then fear is the great black plague.

Murray, Gilbert

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The timidity of the child or the savage is entirely reasonable; they are alarmed at this world, because this world is a very alarming place. They dislike being alone because it is verily and indeed an awful idea to be alone. Barbarians fear the unknown for the same reason that Agnostics worship it --because it is a fact.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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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 not those who argue but those who dodge.

Marie Ebner von Eschenbach

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That fear may reach all, punish but few.

Proverb

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