Motivational Quotes

Fear

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

- Hill, Napoleon

Best Quotes about Fear

It is an old psychological axiom that constant exposure to the object of fear immunizes against the fear.

Maltz, Maxwell

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

Bryant, Jean

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 the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind.

Lovecraft, H. P.

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

Fear can be headier than whiskey, once man has acquired a taste for it.

Downes, Donald

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

Wrigley Jr., William

Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.

Thomson, Virgil

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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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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My worst fear is that I'll end up living in some run-down duplex on Wilshire wearing pants hiked up to my nipples and muttering under my breath.

Dreyfuss, Richard

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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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There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.

George Carlin

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Fear is proof of a low born soul.

Virgil

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Where the fear is, happiness is not.

Seneca

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

Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

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

Dyson, Freeman

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The innocent are free from fear, but the guilty always the dread of punishment before their eyes.

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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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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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Fear is excitement without breath.

Heller, Robert

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Fear is the biggest motivator.

Dixon, Bill

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Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

Marie Ebner von Eschenbach

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Fear guides more than gratitude.

Goldsmith, Oliver

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

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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Proverb, Moorish

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

Thompson, Dorothy

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

Renard, Jules

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Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

Shakespeare, William

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

Northcote, James

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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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One need not be a chamber to be haunted; One need not be a house; The brain has corridors surpassing Material place.

Emily Dickinson

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

Eric Hoffer

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We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Berryman, John

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

Ferdinand Foch

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Feel the fear and do it anyway.

Susan Jeffers

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If you are not concerned about the outcome of a circumstance, you will experience no fear. Whatever the outcome will be, will be, whether you fear it or not.

Ching Ning Chu

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

King, Billie Jean

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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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We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

Colton, Charles Caleb

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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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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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Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.

Lactantius, Lucius C.

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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.