Motivational Quotes

Fear

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

- Ann Radcliffe

Best Quotes about Fear

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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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It is an old psychological axiom that constant exposure to the object of fear immunizes against the fear.

Maltz, Maxwell

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Fear is what kills us.

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Feel the fear and do it anyway.

Susan Jeffers

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

Marie Ebner von Eschenbach

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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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Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

Frankl, Viktor E.

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

Smith, Frederick

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It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter

Churchill, Winston

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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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Where the fear is, happiness is not.

Seneca

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

Bradbury, Ray

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

Parsons, Wendell

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Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them.

Marilyn Ferguson

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He without fear is king of the world.

Eddison, E. E.

19.

Fear the man who fears you.

Proverb, Hasidic

20.

Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.

Cervantes, Miguel De

21.

There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

22.

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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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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I can say, I am terribly frightened and fear is terrible and awful and it makes me uncomfortable, so I won't do that because it makes me uncomfortable. Or I could say get used to being uncomfortable. It is uncomfortable doing something that's risky. But so what? Do you want to stagnate and just be comfortable?

Streisand, Barbara

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

Thompson, Dorothy

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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

27.

Fear guides more than gratitude.

Goldsmith, Oliver

28.

Fear is excitement without breath.

Heller, Robert

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

Johnson, Samuel

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

Schuller, Robert H.

33.

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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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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Only your mind can produce fear.

A Course In Miracles

36.

I have a fear of failure.

Montana, Joe

37.

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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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

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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

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

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

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