Motivational Quotes

Fear

Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

- Shakespeare, William

Best Quotes about Fear

1.

There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.

Nehru, Jawaharlal

2.

Scruples, temptations, and fears, and cutting perplexities of the heart, are often the lot of the most excellent persons.

Kempis, Thomas

3.

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

4.

An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.

Anouilh, Jean

5.

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!!

6.

Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

Shakespeare, William

7.

Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We wouldn't like jam if it didn't, by its very nature, ooze. We wouldn't like truth if it wasn't sticky, if, from time to time, it didn't ooze blood.

Baudrillard, Jean

8.

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

9.

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

Carnegie, Dale

10.

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

11.

I have a fear of failure.

Montana, Joe

12.

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.

13.

Where the fear is, happiness is not.

Seneca

14.

God incarnate is the end of fear; and the heart that realizes that He is in the midst... will be quiet in the middle of alarm.

Meyer, F. B.

15.

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

16.

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

Thompson, Dorothy

17.

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

18.

A fighter has to know fear.

D'Amato, Cus

19.

Great fear is concealed under daring.

Lucan, F. L.

20.

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

21.

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

22.

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to your fear.

Patton, George S.

23.

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

Scheele, Paul R.

24.

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

25.

Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.

Horton, Doug

26.

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

Keynes, John Maynard

27.

Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully.

Frances Moore Lappe

28.

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

Frankl, Viktor E.

29.

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

Dyson, Freeman

30.

Fear is excitement without breath.

Heller, Robert

31.

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

Overstreet, Harry A.

32.

Fear is proof of a low born soul.

Virgil

33.

We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Berryman, John

34.

The best safety lies in fear.

Shakespeare, William

35.

Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours.

Proverb, Swedish

36.

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.

37.

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

Lorde, Audre

38.

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

Brown, Les

39.

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

Livy, Titus

40.

A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because worms are scarce.

Axiom, Grandma

41.

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

Renard, Jules

42.

Whenever we're afraid, its because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.

Nightingale, Earl

43.

Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.

Lactantius, Lucius C.

44.

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

Proverb, Moorish

45.

The thing I fear most is fear.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

46.

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.

47.

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

48.

Favor and disgrace are like fear. Favor is in a higher place, and disgrace in a lower place. When you win them you are like being in fear, and when you lose them you are also like being in fear. So favor and disgrace are like fear.

Lao-Tzu

49.

You can't underestimate the power of fear.

Nixon, Patricia

50.

Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.

Wilson, Woodrow T.