Motivational Quotes

Fear

An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.

- Anouilh, Jean

Best Quotes about Fear

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

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

People always make the wolf more formidable than he is.

Proverb, French

Comfort zones are plush lined coffins. When you stay in your plush lined coffins, you die.

Dale, Stan

There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

Lorde, Audre

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.

It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter

Churchill, Winston

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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Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.

Carnegie, Dale

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

Axiom, Grandma

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The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It's the same thing, fear, but it's what you do with it that matters.

D'Amato, Cus

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Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid. [Matthew 14:27]

Bible

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

Wrigley Jr., William

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The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.

Maclaine, Shirley

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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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I have a fear of failure.

Montana, Joe

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

Nightingale, Earl

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

Overstreet, Harry A.

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Fears are nothing more than states of mind.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Claudianus, Claudius

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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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A fighter has to know fear.

D'Amato, Cus

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Fear is the biggest motivator.

Dixon, Bill

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Everyone has certain fears, certain things that one cannot abide.

Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

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There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to your fear.

Patton, George S.

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Fear guides more than gratitude.

Goldsmith, Oliver

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

Eric Hoffer

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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

King, Billie Jean

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

Theodosia Garrison

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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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Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind.

Lovecraft, H. P.

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

Eric Schmidt

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For it is not death or hardship that is a fearful thing, but the fear of death and hardship.

Epictetus

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Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.

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Depression, gloom, pessimism, despair, discouragement, these slay ten human beings to every one murdered by typhoid, influenza, diabetes or pneumonia. If tuberculosis is the great white plague, then fear is the great black plague.

Murray, Gilbert

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Winners are those people who make a habit of doing the things losers are uncomfortable doing.

Foreman, Ed

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

Shakespeare, William

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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 of the pain blinds us to the goal of healing. Only by seeing our problems clearly and experiencing them can we do something about them.

Hoffman, Bob

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I think over again my small adventures, my fears, These small ones that seemed so big. For all the vital things I had to get and to reach. And yet there is only one great thing, The only thing. To live to see the great day that dawns And the light that fills the world.

Inuit Song

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

Johnson, Lady Bird

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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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Feel the fear and do it anyway.

Susan Jeffers

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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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Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

Shakespeare, William

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Most fears cannot withstand the test of careful scrutiny and analysis. When we expose our fears to the light of thoughtful examination they usually just evaporate.

Canfield, Jack

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Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

Francis Quarles

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