959 private quotes tagged fear

“To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” — Bertrand Russell

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“He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.” — Aristotle

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“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.” — Madame Curie

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“If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” — Dale Carnegie

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“All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.” — Edgar Allan Poe

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“Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.” — Nelson Mandela

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“Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.” — Eddie Rickenbacher

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“Courage is knowing what not to fear.” — Plato

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“Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.” — Baruch Spinoza

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“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.” — John F. Kennedy

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“Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.” — Mark Twain

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“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'” — Eleanor Roosevelt

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“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.” — Jack Lemmon

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“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

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“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.” — Paulo Coelho

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“He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.” — Buddha

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“The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.” — Buddha

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“There are few things more liberating in this life than having your worst fear realized.” — Conan O'Brien

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“Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.” — Aristotle

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“It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“To him who is in fear everything rustles.” — Sophocles

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“Fear is stupid. So are regrets.” — Marilyn Monroe

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