Motivational Quotes

Fear

That fear may reach all, punish but few.

- Proverb

Best Quotes about Fear

By the time we are women, fear is as familiar to us as air. It is our element. We live in it, we inhale it, we exhale it, and most of the time we do not even notice it. Instead of I am afraid, we say, I don't want to, or I don't know how, or I can't.

Dworkin, Andrea

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

Overstreet, Harry A.

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

Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

Shakespeare, William

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

You can get something done in a short time with fear, but in the long run it just doesn't pay off.

Parsons, Wendell

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

Taylor Swift

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

Dyson, Freeman

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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We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.

Seneca

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Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.

Johnson, Lady Bird

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Humans, with the capacities of higher-order thinking, can overcome limiting behaviors and fears.

Scheele, Paul R.

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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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Fear guides more than gratitude.

Goldsmith, Oliver

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

Epictetus

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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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The timidity of the child or the savage is entirely reasonable; they are alarmed at this world, because this world is a very alarming place. They dislike being alone because it is verily and indeed an awful idea to be alone. Barbarians fear the unknown for the same reason that Agnostics worship it --because it is a fact.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.

Brown, Les

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There is nothing strange about fear: no matter in what guise it presents itself it is something with which we are all so familiar that when a man appears who is without it we are at once enslaved by him.

Miller, Henry

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Fear is excitement without breath.

Heller, Robert

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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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He without fear is king of the world.

Eddison, E. E.

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Less base the fear of death than fear of life.

Young, Edward

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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 God and you need not fear anyone else.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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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 biggest motivator.

Dixon, Bill

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Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.

Michael Pritchard

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Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.

Virgil

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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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You can't underestimate the power of fear.

Nixon, Patricia

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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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Where the fear is, happiness is not.

Seneca

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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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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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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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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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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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Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind.

Lovecraft, H. P.

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People die of fright and live of confidence.

Thoreau, Henry David

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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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The best safety lies in fear.

Shakespeare, William

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

Bible

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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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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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A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.

Lincoln, Abraham