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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON FEAR 4
One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one.
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926, German poet)
Human beings are born with just two basic fears. One is the fear of loud noises. The other is the fear of falling. All other fears must be learned.
Ronald Rood
Too many of us stay walled up because we are afraid of being hurt. We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962, American First Lady, columnist, lecturer, humanitarian)
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by each 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 (1884-1962, American First Lady, columnist, lecturer, humanitarian)
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945, American President (32nd))
The worst of all fears is the fear of living.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919, American President (26th))
The greatest braggarts are usually the biggest cowards.
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778, Swiss political philosopher, educationist, essayist)
Fear makes men believe the worst.
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100 AD, Roman historian)
Fear is a habit; so is self-pity, defeat, anxiety, despair, hopelessness and resignation. You can eliminate all of these negative habits with two simple resolves: I can!! and I will!!
Author Unknown
Fear is the prison of the heart.
Author Unknown
Fear is what kills us.
Author Unknown
Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. And lo, no one was there.
Author Unknown
FEAR: False Evidence Appearing Real.
Author Unknown
All forms of fear produce fatigue.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970, British philosopher, mathematician, essayist)
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970, British philosopher, mathematician, essayist)
Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970, British philosopher, mathematician, essayist)
When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger.
Mark Rutherford
Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.
Sadi
Once men are caught up in an event they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery (1900-1944, French aviator, writer)
That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject.
George Santayana (1863-1952, American philosopher, poet)
Faith in yourself and faith in God are the key to mastery of fear.
Harold Sherman
Those who love to be feared fear to be loved, and they themselves are more afraid than anyone, for whereas other men fear only them, they fear everyone.
St. Francis De Sales (1567-1622, Roman Catholic bishop, writer)
Fear is only an illusion. It is the illusion that creates the feeling of separateness -- the false sense of isolation that exists only in your imagination.
Jeraldine Saunders
Humans, with the capacities of higher-order thinking, can overcome limiting behaviors and fears.
Paul R. Scheele (American author, NLP expert)
The man who fears nothing is as powerful as he who is feared by everybody.
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller (1759-1805, German dramatist, poet, historian)
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
Robert H. Schuller (1926-, American minister, author, social leader)
Do what you fear and fear disappears.
David J. Schwartz (American trainer, author of "The Magic of Thinking Big")
A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca (BC 3-65 AD, Roman philosopher, dramatist, statesman)
If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca (BC 3-65 AD, Roman philosopher, dramatist, statesman)
If you wish to fear nothing, consider that everything is to be feared.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca (BC 3-65 AD, Roman philosopher, dramatist, statesman)
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca (BC 3-65 AD, Roman philosopher, dramatist, statesman)
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca (BC 3-65 AD, Roman philosopher, dramatist, statesman)
When in fear, it is safest to force the attack.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca (BC 3-65 AD, Roman philosopher, dramatist, statesman)
Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart, and mountains will move out of your way.
Kate Seredy
Fearless minds climb soonest into crowns.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
In time we hate that which we often fear.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
The best safety lies in fear.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
Fear drives you and makes you better.
Donna E. Shalala
Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.
Frederick Smith (American businessman, founder of Federal Express)
To him who is in fear everything rustles.
Sophocles (495-406 BC, Greek tragic poet)
To the man who is afraid everything rustles.
Sophocles (495-406 BC, Greek tragic poet)
If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.
Julia Sorel
We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.
John Lancaster Spalding
There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
Baruch Benedict de Spinoza (1632-1677, Dutch philosopher and theologian)
The most ominous of fallacies: the belief that things can be kept static by inaction.
Freya Stark (1893-1993, British travel writer)
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
John Steinbeck (1902-1968, American author)
It is only the fear of God that can deliver us from the fear of men.
John Witherspoon
Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.
James Stephens (1882-1950, Irish poet, author)
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1895, Scottish essayist, poet, novelist)
The worst nightmare I ever had about Vietnam was that I had to go back. I woke up in a sweat, in total terror.
Oliver Stone (1946-, American director, writer, producer)
When thinking won't cure fear, action will.
W. Clement Stone (1902-2002, American businessman, author, founder of Combined Insurance Companies)
I can say, I am terribly frightened and fear is terrible and awful and it makes me uncomfortable, so I won't do that because it makes me uncomfortable. Or I could say get used to being uncomfortable. It is uncomfortable doing something that's risky. But so what? Do you want to stagnate and just be comfortable?
Barbara Streisand (1942-, American singer, actress, director)
He is much to be dreaded who stands in dread of poverty.
Publilius Syrus (85 BC- 43BC, Roman writer)
Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.
Publilius Syrus (85 BC- 43BC, Roman writer)
What we fear comes to pass more speedily than what we hope.
Publilius Syrus (85 BC- 43BC, Roman writer)
Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus (55-117, Roman historian)
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Psalms 36:1-2
He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)
Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Matthew 14:27
Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live…
Dorothy Thompson
Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.
Virgil Thomson
Nothing is so much to be feared as fear.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
People die of fright and live of confidence.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
Fear is the absence of faith.
Paul Tillich (1886-1965, German protestant theologian, philosopher)
Fear nothing, for every renewed effort raises all former failures into lessons, all sins into experience.
Katherine Tingley
I think I look good out there. I'm strong, powerful, and artistic. But I have my doubts as much as anyone.
Jill Trenary
Fear is a slinking cat I find beneath the lilacs of my mind.
Sophie Tunnell
Fear is your best friend or your worst enemy. It's like fire. If you can control it, it can cook for you; it can heat your house. If you can't control it, it will burn everything around you and destroy you. If you can control your fear, it makes you more alert, like a deer coming across the lawn.
Mike Tyson (1966-, American boxer)
I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say "let's go."
Mike Tyson (1966-, American boxer)
We are always afraid to start something that we want to make very good, true, and serious.
Brenda Ueland
Fear is the start of wisdom.
Miguel De Unamuno (1864-1936, Spanish philosophical writer)
A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because worms are scarce.
Author Unknown
A scalded cat dreads cold water.
Author Unknown
All fear is bondage.
Author Unknown
All men have fears, but the Brave put down their fears and go forward. Sometimes to Death, but always to Victory.
Author Unknown
Better a fearful end than fear without end.
Author Unknown
Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.
Author Unknown
He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.
Author Unknown
In doubt, fear is the worst of prophets.
Author Unknown
That fear may reach all, punish but few.
Author Unknown
Fear could never make a virtue.
Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778, French historian, writer)
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778, French historian, writer)
I have come to realize that all my trouble with living has come from fear and smallness within me.
Angela L. Wozniak
The only thing you have to fear is not giving 100%.
Author Unknown
What is fear? F= false, E= evidence, A= appearing, R= real. Don't be afraid of any false evidence and just do it.
Author Unknown
He who knows self as the enjoyer of the honey from the flowers of the senses, ever present within, ruler of time, goes beyond fear. For this self is supreme!
Veda Upanishads (c. BC 800-, Hindu poetic dialogues on metaphysics)
There are those who are so scrupulously afraid of doing wrong that they seldom venture to do anything.
Marquis De Vauvenargues (1715-1747, French moralist)
Fear betrays unworthy souls.
Virgil (c. 70 - 19 BC, Roman poet)
Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.
Virgil (c. 70 - 19 BC, Roman poet)
Fear is proof of a low born soul.
Virgil (c. 70 - 19 BC, Roman poet)
Women have to summon up courage to fulfill dormant dreams.
Alice Walker (1944-, American author, critic)
Being a parent is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy
Barbara Walters (1931-, American TV personality)
If I ever felt inclined to be timid as I was going into a room full of people, I would say to myself, "You're the cleverest member of one of the cleverest families in the cleverest class of the cleverest nation.... Why should you be frightened?"
Beatrice Potter Webb
To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity.
Edward Weeks
The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
Arthur (Duke of Wellington) Wellesley (1769-1852, British statesman, military leader)
Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary.
Jessamyn West (1903-1984, American author)
The future is called "perhaps," which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.
Tennessee Williams (1914-1983, American dramatist)
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Marianne Williamson (1952-, American author, lecturer on spirituality)
Fear, if allowed free rein, would reduce all of us to trembling shadows of men, for whom only death could bring release.
John M. Wilson
Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.
Woodrow T. Wilson (1856-1924, American President (28th))
It takes great courage to break with one's past history and stand alone.
Marion Woodman
A man's doubts and fears are his worst enemies.
William Wrigley Jr. (1861-1932, American businessman, founder of Wrigley & Co.)
Less base the fear of death than fear of life.
Edward Young (1683-1765, British poet, dramatist)
Action conquers fear.
Peter Nivio Zarlenga (American businessman, founder of Blockbuster Videos)
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