Motivational Quotes

Fear

There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.

- Kierkegaard, S°ren

Best Quotes about Fear

Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.

Michael Pritchard

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

Livy, Titus

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

The best safety lies in fear.

Shakespeare, William

Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

Francis Quarles

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

Come to the edge, He said. They said, We are afraid. Come to the edge, He said. They came. He pushed them... and they flew.

Apollinaire, Guillaume

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

Craig, Roger

Fear is the biggest motivator.

Dixon, Bill

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If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.

Patton, George S.

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

Wrigley Jr., William

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Fear is what kills us.

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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

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People die of fright and live of confidence.

Thoreau, Henry David

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The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.

Maclaine, Shirley

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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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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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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A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.

Seneca

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

Dryden, John

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death -- that is heroism.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

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

Theodosia Garrison

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

Hoffer, Eric

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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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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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Fear is proof of a low born soul.

Virgil

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Only your mind can produce fear.

A Course In Miracles

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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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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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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!!

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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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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

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Great fear is concealed under daring.

Lucan, F. L.

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No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.

Edmund Burke

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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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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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Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

Syrus, Publilius

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

Bible

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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.

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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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Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

Shakespeare, William

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

Ferdinand Foch

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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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Do what you fear most and you control fear.