fear quotes

“Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

“Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?”

— Jane Austen

“If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?”

“The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning. ”

— Winston Churchill

“Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

“Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.”

“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.”

— Dale Carnegie

“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.”

— Dale Carnegie

“Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.”

— Dale Carnegie

“You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.”

— Dale Carnegie

“Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you.”

— Henry John Kaiser

“An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.”

“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.”

“Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.”

“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.”

“With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.”

— Abraham Lincoln

“A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune. ”

“To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. ”

“All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.”

“The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.”

“A mother's life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender, now terrible. Not an hour but has its joys and fears.”

— Honore de Balzac

“True nobility is exempt from fear. ”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.
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— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.”

“This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And leaving nothing, yet hath all.”

“Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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