Motivational Quotes

Fear

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

- Epictetus

Best Quotes about Fear

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

Eric Schmidt

At man's core there is a voice that wants him never to give in to fear. But if it is true that in general man cannot give in to fear, at the very least he postpones indefinitely the moment when he will have to confront himself with the object of his fear... when he will no longer have the assistance of reason as guaranteed by God, or when he will no longer have the assistance of God such as reason guaranteed. It is necessary to recoil, but it is necessary to leap, and perhaps one only recoils in order to leap better.

Bataille, Georges

Fear is proof of a low born soul.

Virgil

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

Bible

Do the thing we fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

All men have fears, but the Brave put down their fears and go forward. Sometimes to Death, but always to Victory.

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.

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.

That fear may reach all, punish but few.

Proverb

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

Johnson, John

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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 main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Bertrand Russell

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

Foreman, Ed

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Fear is excitement without breath.

Heller, Robert

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Fear can supplant our real problems only to the extent --unwilling either to assimilate or to exhaust it --we perpetuate it within ourselves like a temptation and enthrone it at the very heart of our solitude.

Cioran, E. M.

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

Bryant, Jean

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Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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Fear is what kills us.

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Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.

Lactantius, Lucius C.

23.

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

Claudianus, Claudius

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Fear is met and destroyed with courage.

Bell, James F.

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Fear is the mind killer

Herbert, Frank

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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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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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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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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 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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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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Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.

John Paul II

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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.

Proverb

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

Proverb, Hasidic

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Fear makes men believe the worst.

Rufus, Quintus Curtius

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

Dale, Stan

38.

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

Eric Hoffer

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

Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

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

Johnson, Samuel

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

Wrigley Jr., William

43.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Theodosia Garrison

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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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In life we donÆt get what we want, we get in life what we are. If we want more we have to be able to be more, in order to be more you have to face rejection.

Farrah Gray

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The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care.

Bradley, Francis H.