Motivational Quotes

Fear

My fear... is my substance, and probably the best part of me.

- Kafka, Franz

Best Quotes about Fear

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

Livy, Titus

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

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

First you jump off the cliff and you build wings on the way down.

Bradbury, Ray

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

Keynes, John Maynard

That fear may reach all, punish but few.

Proverb

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

Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind.

Lovecraft, H. P.

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

Renard, Jules

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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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Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.

Virgil

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

Maclaren, Alexander

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When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.

Ann Radcliffe

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

Nixon, Richard M.

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Fear is the sand in the machinery of life.

Jones, Eli Stanley

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Fear guides more than gratitude.

Goldsmith, Oliver

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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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The thing I fear most is fear.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Proverb, Moorish

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Fears are nothing more than states of mind.

Hill, Napoleon

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He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.

Dryden, John

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Fear is excitement without breath.

Heller, Robert

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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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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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

Bible

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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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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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Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.

Michael Pritchard

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

Downes, Donald

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

George Carlin

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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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Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.

Ashe, Arthur

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

Wrigley Jr., William

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Fear is met and destroyed with courage.

Bell, James F.

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Only your mind can produce fear.

A Course In Miracles

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

Benson, Arthur Christopher

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

Hitchcock, Alfred

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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

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You can't underestimate the power of fear.

Nixon, Patricia

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Less base the fear of death than fear of life.

Young, Edward

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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.

Bismarck, Otto Von

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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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Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.

George Sewell

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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 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.