Motivational Quotes

Fear

Less base the fear of death than fear of life.

- Young, Edward

Best Quotes about Fear

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

Fear makes men believe the worst.

Rufus, Quintus Curtius

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live

Thompson, Dorothy

The timid are afraid before the danger, the cowardly while in danger, and the courageous after danger.

Paul, Jean

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

To hate and to fear is the be psychologically ill... it is, in fact, the consuming illness of our time.

Overstreet, Harry A.

The worst nightmare I ever had about Vietnam was that I had to go back. I woke up in a sweat, in total terror.

Stone, Oliver

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

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

Bradley, Francis H.

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Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.

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Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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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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There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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Fearless minds climb soonest into crowns.

Shakespeare, William

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

Bismarck, Otto Von

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A fighter has to know fear.

D'Amato, Cus

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Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.

Smith, Frederick

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Fear can supplant our real problems only to the extent --unwilling either to assimilate or to exhaust it --we perpetuate it within ourselves like a temptation and enthrone it at the very heart of our solitude.

Cioran, E. M.

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

Renard, Jules

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That fear may reach all, punish but few.

Proverb

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.

George Sewell

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You can't underestimate the power of fear.

Nixon, Patricia

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

Hoffer, Eric

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It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter

Churchill, Winston

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Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully.

Frances Moore Lappe

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

Bryant, Jean

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None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

Ferdinand Foch

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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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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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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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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

Theodosia Garrison

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A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because worms are scarce.

Axiom, Grandma

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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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We must travel in the direction of our fear.