Motivational Quotes

Fear

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

- Patton, George S.

Best Quotes about Fear

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

Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.

Cervantes, Miguel De

Fear is the biggest motivator.

Dixon, Bill

Less base the fear of death than fear of life.

Young, Edward

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

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

Hitchcock, Alfred

Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.

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

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

Marie Ebner von Eschenbach

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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

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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 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

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At man's core there is a voice that wants him never to give in to fear. But if it is true that in general man cannot give in to fear, at the very least he postpones indefinitely the moment when he will have to confront himself with the object of his fear... when he will no longer have the assistance of reason as guaranteed by God, or when he will no longer have the assistance of God such as reason guaranteed. It is necessary to recoil, but it is necessary to leap, and perhaps one only recoils in order to leap better.

Bataille, Georges

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Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind.

Lovecraft, H. P.

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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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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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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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The best safety lies in fear.

Shakespeare, William

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Fears are nothing more than states of mind.

Hill, Napoleon

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Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

Syrus, Publilius

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

George Carlin

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Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.

George Sewell

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He without fear is king of the world.

Eddison, E. E.

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

Kempis, Thomas

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It is an old psychological axiom that constant exposure to the object of fear immunizes against the fear.

Maltz, Maxwell

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

Benson, Arthur Christopher

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Ferdinand Foch

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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

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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

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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

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

Parsons, Wendell

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Fear guides more than gratitude.

Goldsmith, Oliver

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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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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

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Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

Frankl, Viktor E.

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Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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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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Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.

Virgil

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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

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Fear is the sand in the machinery of life.

Jones, Eli Stanley

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People die of fright and live of confidence.