Motivational Quotes

Fear

He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.

- Proverb

Best Quotes about Fear

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Hoffer, Eric

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

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

Lorde, Audre

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

Taylor Swift

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

Eric Hoffer

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

Wrigley Jr., William

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

Claudianus, Claudius

Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.

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The innocent are free from fear, but the guilty always the dread of punishment before their eyes.

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

Seneca

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Do what you fear most and you control fear.

Hopkins, Tom

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

Johnson, Samuel

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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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Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.

Lactantius, Lucius C.

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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.

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

Kafka, Franz

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

Hitchcock, Alfred

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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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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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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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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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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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Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.

Horton, Doug

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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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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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

Shakespeare, William

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If you forgo your plan, you also have to forgo fear.

Eric Schmidt

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

Renard, Jules

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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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The best safety lies in fear.

Shakespeare, William

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Great fear is concealed under daring.

Lucan, F. L.

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Every day I run scared. That's the only way I can stay ahead.

Johnson, John

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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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We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

Livy, Titus

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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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If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

Schuller, Robert H.

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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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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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Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Bismarck, Otto Von

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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

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Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

Marie Ebner von Eschenbach

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Fears are nothing more than states of mind.

Hill, Napoleon

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Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

Shakespeare, William

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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 know what I am fleeing from, but not what I am in search of.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.

Bovee, Christian Nevell