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Quotes About Fear

Fear is at the heart of most of our worst choices.
~ Chris Brogan
Fear has its use, but cowardice has none. I may not put my finger into the jaws of a snake, but the very sight of the snake need not strike terror into me.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
~ Publilius Syrus
We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
~ Audre Lorde
I make it a point of honour to have a couple of gnomes in my garden as silent testimony to the right of gnome-lovers everywhere to do their own thing without fear of snide remarks.
~ Richard Briers
Once you face your fear, nothing is ever as hard as you think.
~ Olivia Newton-John
If you don't fear, the Unknown will be KIND to you
~ Paulo Coelho
Overconfidence comes from fear and doubt, and you boast an ego when you're feeling less than.
~ Nikki Sixx
How much suffering and fear, and How many harmful things are in existence? If all arises from clinging to the "I", What should I do with this great demon?
~ Shantideva
To despond is to lie ungrateful beforehand. Be not looking for evil. Often thou drainest the gall of fear while evil is passing by thy dwelling.
~ Martin Farquhar Tupper
You have to do what you fear, otherwise fear is in charge.
~ Glenn Ford
Bureaucracies are progressive. meaning they have a burning fear that someone. somewhere, is doing something without permission.
~ Jerry Pournelle
The very thing you fear could be the best thing to ever happen to you
~ Michael Dell
Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
~ Samuel Ullman
What corporations fear most are consumers who ask questions. Naomi Klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands.
~ Billy Bragg
It's not the darkness that people fear; it's what they imagine into the darkness.
~ Byron Katie
The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm.
~ John C. Maxwell
Fear has a far greater grasp on human action than the impressive weight of historical evidence.
~ Jeremy Siegel
Our fear of not mattering much has the potential to draw us away from what matters most.
~ Andy Stanley
When we face our fears, we can find our freedom.
~ Joyce Meyer
As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru
Fear is the only way to greet the devil.
~ Lauren Kate
Almost always it is the fear of being ourselves that brings us to the mirror.
~ Antonio Porchia
I don't say that I never feel fear before a performance, but I have learned to channel it.
~ Claudio Arrau