Quotes about fear

"Only your mind can produce fear."

A Course In Miracles on fear
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"As the ostrich when pursued hideth his head, but forgetteth his body; so the fears of a coward expose him to danger."

Akhenaton on fear
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"Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman."

Anderson, Marian on fear
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"An ugly sight, a man who is afraid."

Anouilh, Jean on fear
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"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 on fear
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"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 on fear
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"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."

Aurelius, Marcus on fear
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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 on fear
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"A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because worms are scarce."

Axiom, Grandma on fear
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"Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other."

Bacon, Francis on fear
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"It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear."

Bacon, Francis on fear
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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 on fear
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"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 on fear
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"Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices."

Beecher, Henry Ward on fear
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"Fear is met and destroyed with courage."

Bell, James F. on fear
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"Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death."

Bender, Betty on fear
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"The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortune, but its fears."

Benson, Arthur Christopher on fear
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"We must travel in the direction of our fear."

Berryman, John on fear
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"Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid. [Matthew 14:27]"

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

Bismarck, Otto Von on fear
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"There are only two forces that unite men -- fear and interest."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on fear
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"Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest"

Bonaparte, Napoleon on fear
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"He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on fear
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"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 on fear
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"Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it."

Bovee, Christian Nevell on fear
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"Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination."

Bovee, Christian Nevell on fear
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"First you jump off the cliff and you build wings on the way down."

Bradbury, Ray on fear
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"The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care."

Bradley, Francis H. on fear
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"Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it."

Brown, Les on fear
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"Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears."

Brown, Les on fear
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"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 on fear
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"The fear of being wrong is the prime inhibitor of the creative process."

Bryant, Jean on fear
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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 on fear
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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 on fear
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"No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear."

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

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

Carnegie, Dale on fear
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"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 on fear
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"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."

Carnegie, Dale on fear
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