Top 50 Fear Quotes

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

Frank Herbert

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

Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.

Bear Grylls

Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it.

C.JoyBell C.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

Helen Keller

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

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.

Paulo Coelho

Fear is never a reason for quitting; it is only an excuse.

Norman Vincent Peale

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

Marie Curie

Fear can only stop us if we let it and finally, don't forget your friends; they might just be your lifeline when you need it most.

Tony Clark

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

Eric Hoffer

Beloved, I say, let your fears go, lest they make you fainthearted. Stop inspiring fear in those around you and now take your stand in faith. God has been good and He will continue to manifest His goodness. Let us approach these days expecting to see the goodness of the Lord manifest. Let us be strong and of good courage, for the Lord will fight for us if we stand in faith.

Francis Frangipane

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

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

Paulo Coelho

Fear makes us look for someone to blame, throw up our hands in defeat, and give in to a victim mentality. Faith chooses to face the challenge with hope in a brighter tomorrow.

Penny Hunt

Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy.

Denis Waitley

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.

Eleanor Roosevelt

The chains of love are stronger than the chains of fear.

William Gurnall

Have no fear of the future. Let us go forward into its mysteries, tear away the veils which hide it from our eyes, and move onwards with confidence and courage.

Winston Churchill

I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.

Woody Allen

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

Napoleon Hill

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

Practise, practise, practise in speaking before an audience will tend to remove all fear of audiences, just as practise in swimming will lead to confidence and facility in the water. You must learn to speak by speaking.

Dale Carnegie

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

Marcus Aurelius

Are you facing fear today? Perhaps you are afraid of losing your job, of developing cancer or being left by your spouse. At times all of us experience fear. But don’t allow fear to keep you from being used by God. He has kept you thus far; trust Him for the rest of the way.

Woodrow Kroll

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Nelson Mandela

Life is an amazing journey if you're not afraid to live it.

Jen Bricker

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.

Henry David Thoreau

The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror!

Joyce Meyer

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fear is a gripping emotion, yet with all that is going on, we can assure you of the one thing that we can count on: God is still on His throne, and He is still in complete control.

Lisa Laizure

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fear has its use, but cowardice has none.

Mahatma Gandhi

Fear of change is so often the result of imagined consequences rather than reality.

Richard Gerver

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic.

Unknown

If you are putting off taking action that you need to take in your job, etc., to achieve the success you want, ask yourself what you fear.

Dorothy Wehunt

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

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.

William Congreve

Taking responsibility reduces fear, as it gives you a sense of control. You are in control, not fate, luck or other people.

Mike Buffington

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

Fears are educated into us, and can, if we wish, be educated out.

Karl Augustus Menninger

The best way to overcome a fear is to go straight towards it. When you choose to step into your full power and face the things you are afraid of, you begin to take quantum leaps in your life.

Michael Austin Jacobs

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.

Les Brown

Don't let your fear of failure stop you from realizing your dreams.

Catherine Pulsifer

Our Fears are based on the meaning we give them.

Larry Hagner

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.

H. P. Lovecraft

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

If you are programmed to fear of something, you will fear of it, even though consciously you think that it is ridiculous. It is same as the success and failure.

Benny Zhang

Fear of success can be just as crippling as the fear of failure.

John Allen

There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. 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. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.

John Lennon