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Quotes About Fear

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart’s controls. – Aeschylus

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself. – Samuel Butler

Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. – German Proverb

The worst of all fears is the fear of living. – Theodore Roosevelt

There were all kinds of things I was afraid of at first, ranging from grizzly bears to ‘mean’ horses and gun-fighters; but by acting as if I was not afraid I gradually ceased to be afraid. – Theodore Roosevelt

If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all thinking, damages his personality and makes him a landlord to a ghost. – Lloyd Douglas

A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. – Arab Proverb

Fear prejudices courage. – Abigail Charleson

Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light? – Maurice Freehill

Fear: False Evidence Appearing Real. – Author Unknown

Fear is a slinking cat I find beneath the lilacs of my mind. – Sophie Tunnell

I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which to creativeness. Other things being equal, I would make the decision which had the larger number of creative reasons on its side. – Katharine Butler Hathaway Quote

He who fears something gives it power over him. – Moorish Proverb

Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death. – Author Unknown

He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. – French Proverb

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.” – Dorothy Thompson

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice. – More Mark Twain Quotes

Fear can be headier than whiskey, once man has acquired a taste for it. – Donald Dowes

Fear dances with courage. – Ever Garrison

The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear. – More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Anything I’ve ever done that ultimately was worthwhile… initially scared me to death. – Betty Bender

To lead is difficult when you’re a follower of fear. – T.A. Sachs

I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change…. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. – Erica Jong

The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid. – Lady Bird Johnson

You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith. – Mary Manin Morrissey

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. – Marie Curie

It’s the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance.
It’s the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance.
It is the one who won’t be taken who cannot seem to give.
And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.
– “The Rose” lyrics

Fear is a darkroom where negatives develop. – Usman B. Asif

I sought the Lord and He heard me and delivered me from all my fears. – Psalm 34:4

Keep your fears to yourself but share your courage with others. – Robert Louis Stevenson

Panic at the thought of doing a thing is a challenge to do it. – Henry S. Haskins

The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear – fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety. – Henry Louis Mencken

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear. – George S. Patton

Many of our fears are tissue-paper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them. – Brendan Francis

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them. – Andre Gide

There is much in the world to make us afraid. There is much more in our faith to make us unafraid. – Frederick W. Cropp

Fear is faith that it won’t work out. – Sister Mary Tricky

Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance. – Arnold Glasow

Fear is the father of courage and the mother of safety. – Henry H. Tweedy

Fear is the highest fence. – Dudley Nichols

Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them… they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight. – Orison Swett Marden

Fear is the needle that pierces us that it may carry a thread to bind us to heaven. – James Hastings

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.- Katherine Paterson

Fear has a large shadow, but he himself is small. – Ruth Gendler

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends. – Shirley Maclaine

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. – Bertrand Russell

Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day. – Brendan Francis

He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear. – More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Those who fear life are already three parts dead. – Bertrand Russell

Fear makes us feel our humanity. – Benjamin Disraeli

A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation… is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run. – George Matthew Adams

The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed. – Lloyd Jones

Yield SignFear gets a lot of negative press. We’re told to be brave, bold, and fearless… to let nothing get in our way, not even our own fears. Very good advice, all of it. It’s a life sermon I’ve heard many times and “preached” even more.

But I’d honestly like to look at it in a different light for a minute, with an appreciative, positive eye. (I think I just caught it off guard.)

Fear is not 100 percent negative. If you think about it in a positive light, it isn’t even 50 percent negative. Fear is negative only when it causes us to stop what we’re doing or stops us from even trying in the first place. But what if we started looking at fear as a Yield sign rather than a Stop sign? What if we identified it, not as red, but as yellow? Good old, “You’re free to go, but use common sense and look before you leap” yellow.

There’s a lot to be said for using both common sense and caution. Mishaps don’t happen as frequently when we’re being cautious. They usually come when we’re charging off on our own, armed with enthusiasm but lacking an ounce of knowledge or caution. Use fear to your advantage and nothing will be able to stop you! ~ Joi


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