Motivational Quotes

Fear

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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Best Quotes about Fear

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

Downes, Donald

You can't underestimate the power of fear.

Nixon, Patricia

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

Northcote, James

The best safety lies in fear.

Shakespeare, William

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

As the ostrich when pursued hideth his head, but forgetteth his body; so the fears of a coward expose him to danger.

Akhenaton

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

Bryant, Jean

Whenever we're afraid, its because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Hitchcock, Alfred

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Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

Shakespeare, William

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He who knows self as the enjoyer of the honey from the flowers of the senses, ever present within, ruler of time, goes beyond fear. For this self is supreme!

Upanishads, Veda

12.

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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My worst fear is that I'll end up living in some run-down duplex on Wilshire wearing pants hiked up to my nipples and muttering under my breath.

Dreyfuss, Richard

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

Dyson, Freeman

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Less base the fear of death than fear of life.

Young, Edward

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Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Fear the man who fears you.

Proverb, Hasidic

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Fear makes men believe the worst.

Rufus, Quintus Curtius

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

Dryden, John

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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Fear is what kills us.

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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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People die of fright and live of confidence.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

George Carlin

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

Davis, Elmer

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The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care.

Bradley, Francis H.

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That fear may reach all, punish but few.

Proverb

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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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Only your mind can produce fear.

A Course In Miracles

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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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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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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.

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

Johnson, Lady Bird

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Fear is the sand in the machinery of life.

Jones, Eli Stanley

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Fears are nothing more than states of mind.

Hill, Napoleon

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Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death -- that is heroism.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

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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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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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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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A fighter has to know fear.

D'Amato, Cus

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

Proverb, Hasidic

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Fear is a habit; so is self-pity, defeat, anxiety, despair, hopelessness and resignation. You can eliminate all of these negative habits with two simple resolves: I can!! and I will!!

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

Eric Schmidt

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

Bradbury, Ray

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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.

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Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.

Lactantius, Lucius C.