Motivational Quotes

Fear

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

- Nightingale, Earl

Best Quotes about Fear

1.

People die of fright and live of confidence.

Thoreau, Henry David

2.

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

Hill, Napoleon

3.

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

Lorde, Audre

4.

It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.

Eric Hoffer

5.

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

6.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

7.

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

Bismarck, Otto Von

8.

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

Scheele, Paul R.

9.

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

10.

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

Davis, Elmer

11.

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

12.

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

Bradley, Francis H.

13.

Fear only two: God, and the man who has no fear of God.

Proverb, Hasidic

14.

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

Keynes, John Maynard

15.

Only he who can say, The Lord is my strength, can say, Of whom shall I be afraid?

Maclaren, Alexander

16.

You can't underestimate the power of fear.

Nixon, Patricia

17.

The best safety lies in fear.

Shakespeare, William

18.

Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind.

Lovecraft, H. P.

19.

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

20.

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

Axiom, Grandma

21.

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

22.

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

Nightingale, Earl

23.

I can say, I am terribly frightened and fear is terrible and awful and it makes me uncomfortable, so I won't do that because it makes me uncomfortable. Or I could say get used to being uncomfortable. It is uncomfortable doing something that's risky. But so what? Do you want to stagnate and just be comfortable?

Streisand, Barbara

24.

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

Patton, George S.

25.

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

Johnson, Lady Bird

26.

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

27.

An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.

Anouilh, Jean

28.

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

29.

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

Taylor Swift

30.

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

31.

Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

Shakespeare, William

32.

Fear is the biggest motivator.

Dixon, Bill

33.

Action conquers fear.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

34.

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

Ferdinand Foch

35.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

36.

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.

37.

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

Syrus, Publilius

38.

Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.

Virgil

39.

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

Parsons, Wendell

40.

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

41.

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

Frankl, Viktor E.

42.

Winners are those people who make a habit of doing the things losers are uncomfortable doing.

Foreman, Ed

43.

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

George Carlin

44.

Fear can be conquered. I became a better person and a better football player when I learned that lesson.