Fearlessness Quotes

• 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.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

  A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.

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• True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding the true path for ourselves, and fearlessly following it.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, Track, Patriotism

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.169, A&C Black

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• Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.

  Arianna Huffington

  Inspiring, Running, Business

  FaceBook post by Arianna Huffington from Mar 22, 2014

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• It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

  Marianne Williamson

  Confidence, Fear, Light

  A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.

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• Everything you want is on the other side of fear.

  Jack Canfield

  Inspirational, Life, Fear

  Twitter post from Apr 09, 2013

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• The ground of fearlessness is fear. In order to be fearless, you have to stand in the middle of your fear.

  Larry Rosenberg

  Order, Fearless, Live Free

  Larry Rosenberg (2004). “Breath by Breath: The Liberating Practice of Insight Meditation”, p.72, Shambhala Publications

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• The only religion that ought to be taught is the religion of fearlessness. Either in this world or in the world of religion, it is true that fear is the sure cause of degradation and sin. It is fear that brings misery, fear that brings death, fear that breeds evil. And what causes fear? Ignorance of our own nature.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Motivational, Strength, Ignorance

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Lectures from Colombo to Almora”, p.72, editionNEXT.com

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• Fearlessness is not only possible, it is the ultimate joy. When you touch nonfear, you are free.

  Nhat Hanh

  Joy, Ultimate

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2012). “Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm”, p.4, Harper Collins

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• Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

  C. S. Lewis

  Courage, Army, Bravery

  In Cyril Connolly 'The Unquiet Grave' (1944) ch. 31

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• You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

  Epicurus

  Boyfriend, Being Happy, Courage

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• As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Strength, Confidence

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.11, Pan Macmillan

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• Your path is your own, but you must walk side by side with others, with compassion and generosity as your beacons. If anything is required it is this: fearlessness in your examination of life and death; Willingness to continually grow; and openness to the possibility that the ordinary is extraordinary, and that your joys and your sorrows have meaning and mystery

  Elizabeth Lesser

  Compassion, Generosity, Life And Death

  Elizabeth Lesser (1999). “The New American Spirituality: A Seeker's Guide”, Random House Incorporated

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• Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Life, Encouragement, Fear

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• If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the Upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word "fearlessness."

  Swami Vivekananda

  Inspiring, Ignorance, Bombshells

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Meditation and Its Methods”, p.52, editionNEXT.com

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• The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Leadership, Bullying

  First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1933 See Francis Bacon 7; Montaigne 4; Thoreau 16; Wellington 3

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• We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create

  John Lennon

  Love Yourself, Things In Life, Love Of My Life

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• Feel the fear and do it anyway.

  Susan Jeffers

  Inspirational, Motivational, Running

  Susan Jeffers, Ph.D. (2007). “Embracing Uncertainty: Breakthrough Methods for Achieving Peace of Mind When Facing the Unknown”, p.3, Macmillan

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• Our fearlessness shall be our secret weapon.

  John Green

  Graduation, Hipster, Secret

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.115, Penguin

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• The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-and possibly teh bogey man.

  Pat Paulsen

  Fear, Breast Cancer, Men

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• Courage isn't the absence of fear; it's the dealing with it.

  Randall "Tex" Cobb

  Positive, Courage, Fear

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• Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the absence of self.

  Erwin McManus

  Inspirational, Courage, Fear

  Erwin Raphael McManus (2004). “The Uprising Experience: A Personal Guide for a Revolution of the Soul, Promise Keepers Edition”, p.52, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• There is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent - because everyday fears like not being approved of pale by comparison to the fears you have about your children.

  Arianna Huffington

  Baby, Children, Parent

  "Conversation Between Arianna and Her Daughters". www.huffingtonpost.com. April 9, 2007.

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• Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.

  Stevie Wonder

  Mothers Day, Mom, Sweet

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness.

  Anthony de Mello

  Compassion, Race, Silence

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• Luckily, I'm not afraid to make a fool of myself.

  Hugh Jackman

  Fool, Not Afraid

  FaceBook post by Hugh Jackman from Sep 28, 2012

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