Motivational Quotes

Fear

He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.

- Proverb

Best Quotes about Fear

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

Hoffer, Eric

An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.

Anouilh, Jean

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Carnegie, Dale

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.

Fear makes men believe the worst.

Rufus, Quintus Curtius

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

Dryden, John

You can get something done in a short time with fear, but in the long run it just doesn't pay off.

Parsons, Wendell

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

Bismarck, Otto Von

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How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat?

Conrad, Joseph

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The first and great commandment is, Don't let them scare you.

Davis, Elmer

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Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

Marie Ebner von Eschenbach

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We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Berryman, John

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Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

Frankl, Viktor E.

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Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.

Horton, Doug

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I have a fear of failure.

Montana, Joe

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

George Carlin

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That fear may reach all, punish but few.

Proverb

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Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind.

Lovecraft, H. P.

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A fighter has to know fear.

D'Amato, Cus

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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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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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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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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

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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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People die of fright and live of confidence.

Thoreau, Henry David

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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.

Johnson, Samuel

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How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

Nightingale, Florence

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

Frances Moore Lappe

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Great fear is concealed under daring.

Lucan, F. L.

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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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Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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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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When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction.

Ann Radcliffe

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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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The best safety lies in fear.

Shakespeare, William

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Fear is what kills us.

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Fears are nothing more than states of mind.

Hill, Napoleon

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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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Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.

Thomson, Virgil

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

Maclaren, Alexander

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Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.

Michael Pritchard

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Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.

Lactantius, Lucius C.

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