Our Greatest Fear Quotes

• 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.

  Marianne Williamson

  Confidence, Children, Fear

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  Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.

  Francis Chan

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

  Francis Chan (2013). “Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God”, p.92, David C Cook

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• We are all meant to shine, as children do. 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 others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

  Marianne Williamson

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Marianne Williamson (2012). “A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever”, p.230, Hay House, Inc

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• There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. 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 others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspiring, Confidence, Children

  Marianne Williamson (2012). “A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever”, p.230, Hay House, Inc

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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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• 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 playing small does not serve the world. Who are you not to be great?

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspiring, Confidence, Fear

  "A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a 'Course in Miracles'". Book by Marianne Williamson, 1992.

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• We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.

  Marianne Williamson

  Confidence, Fear, Famous Motivational

  Marianne Williamson (2012). “A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever”, p.230, Hay House, Inc

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• Your playing small doesn't serve the world.

  Marianne Williamson

  Confidence, Fear, Insecure

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• Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?

  Marianne Williamson

  Greatest Fear, Fabulous, Brilliant

  "A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of 'A Course in Miracles'". Book by Marianne Williamson, Ch. 7, Section 3, 1992.

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• 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 about you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, God, Christian

  Marianne Williamson (2012). “A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever”, p.230, Hay House, Inc

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• Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

  Marianne Williamson

  Life, Confidence, Fear

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

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• 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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• We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "A Return to Love" by Marianne Williamson, (p. 191), March 15, 1996.

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• Your greatest fears are created by your imagination. Don't give in to them.

  Winston Churchill

  Greatest Fear, Giving, Imagination

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• Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.

  Honore de Balzac

  Lying, Greatest Fear, Anticipation

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• Our fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.

  Nelson Mandela

  Powerful, Inadequate

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• No challenge can stop you if you have the courage to keep moving forward in the face of your greatest fears and biggest challenges. Be courageous.

  Jon Gordon

  Moving, Greatest Fear, Challenges

  Jon Gordon (2014). “The Carpenter: A Story About the Greatest Success Strategies of All”, p.80, John Wiley & Sons

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• The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. Fear of the unknown is our greatest fear. Many of us would enter a tiger's lair before we would enter a dark cave. While caution is a useful instinct, we lose many opportunities and much of the adventure of life if we fail to support the curious explorer within us.

  Joseph Campbell

  Adventure, Dark, Opportunity

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• The pathway to your greatest potential is straight through your greatest fears!

  Craig Groeschel

  Greatest Fear, Pathways

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• If our greatest fear is to sink away alone and unremembered, the brutality that time will inflict upon each of us will always run stronger than any river's murky waves.

  Miguel Syjuco

  Running, Fear, Rivers

  Miguel Syjuco (2010). “Ilustrado”, p.26, Pan Macmillan

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• We want to be in open, loving communion with each other and our greatest fear is intimacy. That it won't work and we'll be rejected.

  Tara Brach

  Greatest Fear, Want, Intimacy

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• At first, when we truly love someone, our greatest fear is that the loved one will stop loving us. What we should fear and dread, of course, is that we won't stop loving them, even after they're dead and gone.

  Gregory David Roberts

  Greatest Fear, Gone, Firsts

  Gregory David Roberts (2004). “Shantaram: A Novel”, p.553, Macmillan

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• Run towards your fears. Embrace them. On the other side of your greatest fears lives your greatest life.

  Robin Sharma

  Running, Greatest Fear, Sides

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• For neither our greatest fears nor our greatest hopes are beyond the limits of our strength--we are able in the end both to dominate the first and to achieve the second.

  Marcel Proust

  Greatest Fear, Able, Limits

  Marcel Proust (1970). “The past recaptured”, Random House (NY)

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