Quotes about fear

"Fear guides more than gratitude."

Goldsmith, Oliver on fear   

"Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin."

Hansen, Grace on fear   

"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. on fear
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"Fear is excitement without breath."

Heller, Robert on fear
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"Fear is the mind killer"

Herbert, Frank on fear   

"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 on fear
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"Fears are nothing more than states of mind."

Hill, Napoleon on fear
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"The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty."

Hill, Napoleon on fear   

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

Hitchcock, Alfred on fear
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"Fear of becoming a has been keeps some people from becoming anything."

Hoffer, Eric on fear   

"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 on fear   

"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 on fear   

"Do what you fear most and you control fear."

Hopkins, Tom on fear   

"Action cures fear, inaction creates terror."

Horton, Doug on fear   

"Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear."

Hurston, Zora Neale on fear
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"When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death -- that is heroism."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on fear   

"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 on fear   

"Never take counsel of your fears."

Jackson, Stonewall on fear
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"In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil."

Jameson, Anna on fear   

"Feel the fear and do it anyway."

Jeffers, Susan on fear
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"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 on fear
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"Every day I run scared. That's the only way I can stay ahead."

Johnson, John on fear   

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

Johnson, Lady Bird on fear
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"Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God."

Johnson, Samuel on fear   

"Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil; but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to assist it. It should not be suffered to tyrannize"

Johnson, Samuel on fear   

"Fear is the sand in the machinery of life."

Jones, Eli Stanley on fear   

"My fear... is my substance, and probably the best part of me."

Kafka, Franz on fear   

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

Kempis, Thomas on fear   

"Let us never negotiate out of fear but let us never fear to negotiate."

Kennedy, John F. on fear
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"Only with absolute fearlessness can we slay the dragons of mediocrity that invade our gardens."

Keynes, John Maynard on fear   

"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, Søren on fear
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"A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning."

King, Billie Jean on fear   

"What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it."

Krishnamurti, Jiddu on fear   

"Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be."

Lactantius, Lucius C. on fear
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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 on fear   

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

Lincoln, Abraham on fear   

"We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them."

Livy, Titus on fear
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"I am deliberate and afraid of nothing."

Lorde, Audre on fear   

"Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind."

Lovecraft, H. P. on fear   

"Great fear is concealed under daring."

Lucan, F. L. on fear