Motivational Quotes

Fear

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

- Dyson, Freeman

Best Quotes about Fear

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

People react to fear, not love --they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true.

Nixon, Richard M.

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

Maclaren, Alexander

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Craig, Roger

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.

Michael Pritchard

Fearless minds climb soonest into crowns.

Shakespeare, William

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

Dale, Stan

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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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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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Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.

George Sewell

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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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It all changed when I realized I'm not the only one on the planet who's scared. Everyone else is, too. I started asking people, Are you scared, too? You bet your sweet life I am. Aha, so that's the way it is for you, too. We were all in the same boat. That's probably what is so effective at our workshops. When I ask, Who else feels like this? the whole room of hands goes up. People realize they are not the only one who feels that way.

Dale, Stan

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Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.

Horton, Doug

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It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Eric Hoffer

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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

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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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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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The best safety lies in 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 is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.

Anderson, Marian

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

Proverb, Moorish

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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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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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Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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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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Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

Syrus, Publilius

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I have a fear of failure.

Montana, Joe

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Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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I know what I am fleeing from, but not what I am in search of.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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The timidity of the child or the savage is entirely reasonable; they are alarmed at this world, because this world is a very alarming place. They dislike being alone because it is verily and indeed an awful idea to be alone. Barbarians fear the unknown for the same reason that Agnostics worship it --because it is a fact.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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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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Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.

Brown, Les

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Feel the fear and do it anyway.

Susan Jeffers

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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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The first and great commandment is, Don't let them scare you.

Davis, Elmer

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

Nightingale, Florence

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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 oldest and strongest emotion of mankind.

Lovecraft, H. P.

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He without fear is king of the world.

Eddison, E. E.

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

Keynes, John Maynard

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He who knows self as the enjoyer of the honey from the flowers of the senses, ever present within, ruler of time, goes beyond fear. For this self is supreme!

Upanishads, Veda

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Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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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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Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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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.