Motivational Quotes

Fear

Fear is what kills us.

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Best Quotes about Fear

People die of fright and live of confidence.

Thoreau, Henry David

He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.

Proverb

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

Only with absolute fearlessness can we slay the dragons of mediocrity that invade our gardens.

Keynes, John Maynard

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.

At first cock-crow the ghosts must go Back to their quiet graves below.

Theodosia Garrison

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

There is nothing strange about fear: no matter in what guise it presents itself it is something with which we are all so familiar that when a man appears who is without it we are at once enslaved by him.

Miller, Henry

Great fear is concealed under daring.

Lucan, F. L.

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

Ann Radcliffe

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Johnson, John

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It all changed when I realized I'm not the only one on the planet who's scared. Everyone else is, too. I started asking people, Are you scared, too? You bet your sweet life I am. Aha, so that's the way it is for you, too. We were all in the same boat. That's probably what is so effective at our workshops. When I ask, Who else feels like this? the whole room of hands goes up. People realize they are not the only one who feels that way.

Dale, Stan

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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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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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Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.

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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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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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People always make the wolf more formidable than he is.

Proverb, French

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Fear is the mind killer

Herbert, Frank

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Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.

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

Nightingale, Florence

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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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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

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Fear is the sand in the machinery of life.

Jones, Eli Stanley

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You gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ?I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.? You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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

Johnson, Lady Bird

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Fear is excitement without breath.

Heller, Robert

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

Bismarck, Otto Von

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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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You can't underestimate the power of fear.

Nixon, Patricia

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Fear is proof of a low born soul.

Virgil

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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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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 met and destroyed with courage.

Bell, James F.

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

Bradley, Francis H.

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Confront your fears, list them, get to know them, and only then will you be able to put them aside and move ahead.

Gillies, Jerry

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

Proverb, Moorish

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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I have a fear of failure.

Montana, Joe

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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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Fear is the biggest motivator.

Dixon, Bill

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

Dyson, Freeman

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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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Fear the man who fears you.

Proverb, Hasidic