Fear Quotes
Beneath our fears lies great opportunities. Fear sometimes is a very helpful thing that keeps us from harm, but many times it’s an inner voice and barrier that keeps us stuck. When you start doing the things that scare you the most, tearing down the invisible barriers that separate you from the good life, you become the person you have always dreamed about in your mind.
In this article, you will find motivational quotes to help you overcome your fears and break new grounds.
60 Quotes About Overcoming Fear
“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”– Joseph Campbell
“The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror!” —Joyce Meyer
“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”– Bertrand Russell
“The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”–Nelson Mandela
“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.”–Louisa May Alcott
“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. ”– Buddha
“He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”– Paulo Coelho
“One great enemy we must all endeavor to fear not conquering is fear. Fear can cripple purpose and purposeful life. Fear asks question we must fear. Fear makes vision a nightmare. One must always cross the barrier of fear to get to the great city of true purposefulness. A great number of us who are unable to live to accomplish the true reason for our existence on earth are unable to cross the barrier of fear in the first place.”– Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
“Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it.”
–Judy Blume
–Judy Blume
“Fear: False Evidence Appearing Real.”– Unknown
“Many times, the thought of fear itself is greater than what it is we fear.”– Idowu Koyenikan
“We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.” – François de La Rochefoucauld
“Find out what you’re afraid of and go live there.”– Chuck Palahniuk
“We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.”– Marilyn Monroe
“Just as when we come into the world, when we die we are afraid of unknown things. But the fear is something from within us that has nothing to do with reality.”– Isabel Allende
“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.’–Marie Curie
“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.” —Rosa Parks
“Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.” —William Congreve
“You just have to get rid of fear and confront the world. Look at yourself in the mirror and say to yourself, ‘I love you and nothing will destroy you and you’re not going to fall.’” —Ricky Martin
“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
“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
“Fear cuts deeper than swords.”– George R.R. Martin
“Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.”– Rudyard Kipling
“Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.”– James Stephens
“Don’t be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything.”– Carlos Ruiz Zafón
“Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic.”– Unknown
“The key to change… is to let go of fear.”–Roseanne Cash
“Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.” —Napoleon Hill
“Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts.” —Elizabeth I
A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.”– J.R.R. Tolkien
“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
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”– Plato
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”–Eleanor Roosevelt
All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.”– George S. Patton
“Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.”– Dan Brown
“If you try to get rid of fear and anger without knowing their meaning, they will grow stronger and return.”– Deepak Chopra
“I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.”– William Allen White
“Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.”– J.K. Rowling
“There are two kinds of fears: rational and irrational- or in simpler terms, fears that make sense and fears that don’t.”– Lemony Snicket
“Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.”–Thich Nhat Hanh
“Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.” —Bear Grylls
“If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?” —Confucius
“Fear is a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life.”– Donald Miller
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.”– Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.” – Yoda
“The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear.”– Gandhi
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”– Andre Gide
“I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.”– Jackson Pollock
“Where something even deeper than the marrow knows that the cost of avoiding what one fears is even greater than the actual object of that fear and so the fear itself is even more corrosive even more destructive than all the frightening potential of the thing that arouses it.”– Joe Henry
“One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.”–Henry Ford
“Fear has its use, but cowardice has none.” —Mahatma Gandhi
“Living with fear stops us taking risks, and if you don’t go out on the branch, you’re never going to get the best fruit.” —Sarah Parish
“Courage is feeling fear, not getting rid of fear, and taking action in the face of fear.”– Roy T. Bennett
“I am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been.”– Daniel Keyes
“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”– Robert Louis Stevenson
“Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it.
“Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.”– Isabel Allende
Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them.”– Rita Levi-Montalcini
“Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.”– Bertrand Russell