Motivational Quotes

Fear

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

Best Quotes about Fear

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

Maclaren, Alexander

Fear is the mind killer

Herbert, Frank

Fear is a habit; so is self-pity, defeat, anxiety, despair, hopelessness and resignation. You can eliminate all of these negative habits with two simple resolves: I can!! and I will!!

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

Northcote, James

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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

Carnegie, Dale

To hate and to fear is the be psychologically ill... it is, in fact, the consuming illness of our time.

Overstreet, Harry A.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Those who love to be feared fear to be loved, and they themselves are more afraid than anyone, for whereas other men fear only them, they fear everyone.

Francis De Sales, St.

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Fear of becoming a has been keeps some people from becoming anything.

Hoffer, Eric

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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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Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

Syrus, Publilius

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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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That fear may reach all, punish but few.

Proverb

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We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Berryman, John

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Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.

Virgil

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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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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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He without fear is king of the world.

Eddison, E. E.

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Fear the man who fears you.

Proverb, Hasidic

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

Thompson, Dorothy

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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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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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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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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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You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least.

Austen, Jane

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Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

Shakespeare, William

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It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter

Churchill, Winston

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

Renard, Jules

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

Downes, Donald

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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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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"Fearless" is living in spite of those things that scare you to death.

Taylor Swift

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People die of fright and live of confidence.

Thoreau, Henry David

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Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

Nightingale, Florence

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

Bible

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Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.

Smith, Frederick

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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 man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care.

Bradley, Francis H.

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

Claudianus, Claudius

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Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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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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Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

Frankl, Viktor E.

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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