Quotes About Fear

most fears in life rarely come to fruition.

To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing. —ARISTOTLE

Why do people persist in an unsatisfying relationship, unwilling either to work toward solutions or end it and move on? It's because they know changing will lead to the unknown, and most people believe that the unknown will be much more painful than what they're already experiencing. It's like the old proverbs say: "Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know

it's not actual pain that drives us, but our fear that something will lead to pain. And it's not actual pleasure that drives us, but our belief—our sense of certainty—that somehow taking a certain action will lead to pleasure.

The bottom line is, if we feel like we're losing something, we avoid it; we won't do it.

Most people who constantly say, "Let's be realistic," are really just living in fear, deathly afraid of being disappointed again. Out of that fear, they develop beliefs that cause them to hesitate, to not give their all—consequently they get limited results.

The trouble is, the human brain isn't designed to make us happy and fulfilled. It's designed to make us survive. This two-million-year-old organ is always looking for what's wrong, for whatever can hurt us, so that we can either fight it or take flight from it. If you and I leave this ancient survival software to run the show, what chance do we have of enjoying life?

Para la mayoría de la gente, el temor a la pérdida es mucho mayor que el deseo de ganar.

Sometimes we've done all the preparation we could for something; there's nothing else we can do—but we still sit around in fear. This is the point when you must use the antidote to fear: you must make a decision to have faith, knowing you've done all you can to prepare for whatever you're fearing, and that most fears in life rarely come to fruition.

Remember, the goal is to take emotion out of investing because emotion is what so often destroys investing success, whether it's greed or fear.

Porque sabe que el cambio conduce hacia lo desconocido, y la mayoría de la gente cree que lo desconocido será mucho más doloroso de lo que ya está experimentando. Es como lo que dicen los viejos proverbios: «Más vale lo malo conocido, que lo bueno por conocer», o «Más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando».. Estas creencias esenciales nos impiden emprender acciones capaces de cambiar nuestras vidas.

To overcome fear, the best thing is to be overwhelmingly grateful. —SIR JOHN TEMPLETON

When you're grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears." Excerpt From: Daria Sanetra. "Your Emotional Belly Cure". Apple Books.

Retooling is both exciting and scary. Exciting because of the opportunity to learn, grow, create, and change.

For most people, the fear of loss is much greater than the desire for gain. Which

the number one fear of baby boomers was outliving their savings.

Risk comes from not knowing what

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. —MARK TWAIN

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. —NELSON MANDELA

The future has many names. For the weak, it's unattainable. For the fearful, it's unknown. For the bold, it's ideal. —VICTOR HUGO To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing. —ARISTOTLE

Fact. If you've failed to act in your financial world, it's partly because you're uncertain, you're unsure as to what is right or wrong and which approach will succeed or fail.

The best opportunities come in times of maximum pessimism," or Warren Buffett's mantra, "Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful

The reality is, if we are being honest with ourselves, we all make emotional decisions about our investments. We are all emotional creatures, and even the best traders in the world are always fighting the inner fear.

Honey, we all got to go sometime, reason or no reason. Dyin's as natural as livin'; man who's afraid to die is too afraid to live, far as I've ever seen. So there's nothing to do but forget it, that's all. Seems to me