Motivational Quotes

Fear

A fighter has to know fear.

- D'Amato, Cus

Best Quotes about Fear

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

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

Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

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

Johnson, Samuel

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

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

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

Dryden, John

Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.

Horton, Doug

God incarnate is the end of fear; and the heart that realizes that He is in the midst... will be quiet in the middle of alarm.

Meyer, F. B.

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

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People always make the wolf more formidable than he is.

Proverb, French

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

Proverb, Moorish

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Less base the fear of death than fear of life.

Young, Edward

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Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

Shakespeare, William

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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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The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.

Hill, Napoleon

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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

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

Keynes, John Maynard

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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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Only he who can say, The Lord is my strength, can say, Of whom shall I be afraid?

Maclaren, Alexander

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.

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Scruples, temptations, and fears, and cutting perplexities of the heart, are often the lot of the most excellent persons.

Kempis, Thomas

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I have a fear of failure.

Montana, Joe

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Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

Frankl, Viktor E.

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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.

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

Axiom, Grandma

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The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

Buddha

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

Ferdinand Foch

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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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An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.

Anouilh, Jean

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My fear... is my substance, and probably the best part of me.

Kafka, Franz

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

King, Billie Jean

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

Bryant, Jean

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He without fear is king of the world.

Eddison, E. E.

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

Johnson, John

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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Williamson, Marianne

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Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.

Ashe, Arthur

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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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A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.

Seneca

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

Renard, Jules

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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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Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind.

Lovecraft, H. P.

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Do what you fear most and you control fear.

Hopkins, Tom

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We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Berryman, John

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Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.

Michael Pritchard

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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy

Carnegie, Dale

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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