Fear Quotes - Page 14

• 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

  Inspirational, Change, Courage

  FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Jul 06, 2015

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• It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.

  Eric Hoffer

  Power, Terrorism, Formidable

  Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

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• It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.

  Julius Caesar

  Men, Long, Hunger

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• Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Teacher, Teaching, Philosophical

  "Philippicae (Philippics)". Oration by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book II, Chapter 36), 44-43 BC.

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• How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat?

  Joseph Conrad

  Heart, Doe, Wonder

  Joseph Conrad (1905). “Lord Jim”, p.296, McClure, Phillips & Company

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• Ignorance is the parent of fear.

  Herman Melville

  Healing, Ignorance, Parent

  Herman Melville (2008). “Moby-Dick”, p.24, Velvet Element Books

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• Fear doesn't go away. The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day.

  Steven Pressfield

  Warrior, Artist, Going Away

  Steven Pressfield (2002). “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles”, p.14, Black Irish Entertainment LLC

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• We are not apt to fear for the fearless, when we are companions in their danger.

  George Eliot

  Fearless, Danger, Companion

  George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.942, Delphi Classics

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• Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Law Of Attraction, Challenges

  James Allen, Napoleon Hill, Benjamin Franklin, Wallace Delois Wattles (2011). “Automatic Wealth: The Secrets of the Millionaire Mind”, p.359, BookBaby

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• You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

  Eric Hoffer

  Clever, Halloween, Mean

  Eric Hoffer (1955). “The passionate state of mind, and other aphorisms”

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• Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of utter unworthiness can be a source of courage.

  Eric Hoffer

  Courage, Feelings, Source

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• Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.2016, Delphi Classics

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• One of the primary reasons why people struggle financially is because they cannot control their emotion of fear.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Success, Struggle

  Twitter post from Mar 08, 2017

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• Consult not your fears but your hopes
  and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential.

  Pope John XXII

  Motivational, Success, Dream

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• I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control.

  Javier Bardem

  Order, People, Manipulation

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• An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand.

  Ovid

  Medicine, Understanding, Association

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• There are only three sins - causing pain, causing fear, and causing anguish. The rest is window dressing.

  Roger Caras

  Inspirational, Pain, Three

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• Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.

  Umberto Eco

  Courage, Men, Giving

  Umberto Eco (2014). “The Name of the Rose”, p.259, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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  Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.

  Graham Greene

  Love, Depression, Writing

  New York Times, January 8, 1981.

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• I am the first to be surprised and often terrified by the images that I see appear on my canvas.

  Salvador Dali

  Firsts, Canvas, Terrified

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• He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.

  William Hazlitt

  Friendship, True Friend, Enemy

  William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.142

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• Some people fear seeing or feeling anything about which there is no general agreement. For others, it is thrilling to be aware of innuendo, shading, complexity.

  Deena Metzger

  Agreement, People, Feelings

  Deena Metzger (2009). “Writing for Your Life: Discovering the Story of Your Life's Jou”, p.7, Harper Collins

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• Without fear there cannot be courage.

  Christopher Paolini

  Bravery, Saphira, Overcoming Fear

  "Dragons Get a Modern Image Makeover". "All Things Considered" with Jacki Lyden, www.npr.org. January 27, 2007.

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• One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

  Abraham Maslow

  Life, Motivational, Business

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• Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.

  Saadi

  Thinking, Sharks, Hands

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