Motivational Quotes

Fear

The fear of being wrong is the prime inhibitor of the creative process.

- Bryant, Jean

Best Quotes about Fear

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

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

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

Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

Frankl, Viktor E.

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

Hill, Napoleon

How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat?

Conrad, Joseph

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

I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to deny who we are.

Frances Moore Lappe

10.

In life we donÆt get what we want, we get in life what we are. If we want more we have to be able to be more, in order to be more you have to face rejection.

Farrah Gray

11.

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

Proverb, Moorish

12.

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

13.

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

14.

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

Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

15.

Fear is what kills us.

16.

The first and great commandment is, Don't let them scare you.

Davis, Elmer

17.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Williamson, Marianne

18.

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

Renard, Jules

19.

When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.

Ann Radcliffe

20.

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

21.

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

22.

The truth is that there is no terror untempered by some great moral idea.

Godard, Jean-Luc

23.

Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.

Lactantius, Lucius C.

24.

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

Frances Moore Lappe

25.

Fear is the mind killer

Herbert, Frank

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 guides more than gratitude.

Goldsmith, Oliver

28.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

29.

Fear is met and destroyed with courage.

Bell, James F.

30.

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

31.

First you jump off the cliff and you build wings on the way down.

Bradbury, Ray

32.

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.

33.

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

34.

An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.

Bismarck, Otto Von

35.

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

Akhenaton

36.

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

37.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

38.

Fear is the biggest motivator.

Dixon, Bill

39.

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

40.

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

41.

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

Parsons, Wendell

42.

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

Patton, George S.

43.

The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care.

Bradley, Francis H.

44.

He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.

Proverb

45.

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

Keynes, John Maynard

46.

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

King, Billie Jean

47.

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

Bible

48.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

49.

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

50.

Fear is proof of a low born soul.

Virgil