Motivational Quotes

Fear

By the time we are women, fear is as familiar to us as air. It is our element. We live in it, we inhale it, we exhale it, and most of the time we do not even notice it. Instead of I am afraid, we say, I don't want to, or I don't know how, or I can't.

- Dworkin, Andrea

Best Quotes about Fear

I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to deny who we are.

Frances Moore Lappe

It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter

Churchill, Winston

Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.

Michael Pritchard

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

Johnson, John

The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortune, but its fears.

Benson, Arthur Christopher

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.

Anderson, Marian

Fear only two: God, and the man who has no fear of God.

Proverb, Hasidic

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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Great fear is concealed under daring.

Lucan, F. L.

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People die of fright and live of confidence.

Thoreau, Henry David

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There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it.

Hitchcock, Alfred

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In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil.

Jameson, Anna

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Fear is the sand in the machinery of life.

Jones, Eli Stanley

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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.

Proverb

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

Dyson, Freeman

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Fearless minds climb soonest into crowns.

Shakespeare, William

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

Paul, Jean

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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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Half the things that people do not succeed in are through fear of making the attempt.

Northcote, James

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How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat?

Conrad, Joseph

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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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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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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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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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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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Dworkin, Andrea

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

Thompson, Dorothy

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Fear is met and destroyed with courage.

Bell, James F.

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Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind.

Lovecraft, H. P.

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

King, Billie Jean

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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 the darkroom where negatives are developed.

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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.

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Fear can be conquered. I became a better person and a better football player when I learned that lesson.

Craig, Roger

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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 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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Humans, with the capacities of higher-order thinking, can overcome limiting behaviors and fears.

Scheele, Paul R.

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Do what you fear most and you control fear.

Hopkins, Tom

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You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

Carnegie, Dale

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

Nightingale, Florence

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People always make the wolf more formidable than he is.

Proverb, French

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation -- it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.

Brown, Les

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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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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