Motivational Quotes

Fear

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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Best Quotes about Fear

1.

As the ostrich when pursued hideth his head, but forgetteth his body; so the fears of a coward expose him to danger.

Akhenaton

2.

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

Carlyle, Thomas

3.

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

4.

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

Frankl, Viktor E.

5.

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

6.

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

Proverb, Moorish

7.

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

Axiom, Grandma

8.

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

9.

Less base the fear of death than fear of life.

Young, Edward

10.

People always make the wolf more formidable than he is.

Proverb, French

11.

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!!

12.

Everyone has certain fears, certain things that one cannot abide.

Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

13.

I think over again my small adventures, my fears, These small ones that seemed so big. For all the vital things I had to get and to reach. And yet there is only one great thing, The only thing. To live to see the great day that dawns And the light that fills the world.

Inuit Song

14.

Where the fear is, happiness is not.

Seneca

15.

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.

16.

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

17.

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

Thompson, Dorothy

18.

Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

19.

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

Overstreet, Harry A.

20.

People die of fright and live of confidence.

Thoreau, Henry David

21.

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

22.

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

Marie Ebner von Eschenbach

23.

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.

Carnegie, Dale

24.

A scalded cat dreads cold water.

Proverb

25.

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

26.

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

Schuller, Robert H.

27.

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.

Anderson, Marian

28.

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

29.

Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.

Virgil

30.

When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction.

Ann Radcliffe

31.

Fear is what kills us.

32.

It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter

Churchill, Winston

33.

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

Hoffer, Eric

34.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

35.

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

36.

An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.

Anouilh, Jean

37.

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

38.

There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

39.

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

Brown, Les

40.

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

Frances Moore Lappe

41.

Do the thing we fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

42.

Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.

Horton, Doug

43.

An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand.

Nagarjuna, Siddha

44.

Comfort zones are plush lined coffins. When you stay in your plush lined coffins, you die.

Dale, Stan

45.

Fear is the biggest motivator.

Dixon, Bill

46.

He without fear is king of the world.

Eddison, E. E.

47.

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

48.

Most fears cannot withstand the test of careful scrutiny and analysis. When we expose our fears to the light of thoughtful examination they usually just evaporate.

Canfield, Jack

49.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

50.

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