959 private quotes tagged fear

“Because of the lack of education on AIDS, discrimination, fear, panic, and lies surrounded me.” — Ryan White

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“A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you have to take out of education: the fear of worrying about what marks you'll get, detention, worrying about letting people down, your parents, teachers.” — Michael Morpurgo

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“The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way.” — Charles Rangel

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“Most men are very attached to the idea of being male, and usually experience a lot of fear and insecurity around the idea of being a man. Most women are very identified with their gender, and also experience a tremendous amount of fear and insecurity.” — Andrew Cohen

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“Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.” — Dorothy Thompson

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“Men do weird things when they experience fear. It's like a fight-or-flight thing.” — Rashida Jones

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“Disease is an experience of a so-called mortal mind. It is fear made manifest on the body.” — Mary Baker Eddy

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“In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in failure.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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“Fear of failure has always been my best motivator.” — Douglas Wood

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“They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure.” — James Allen

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“Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.” — Charles Stanley

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“Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.” — Louis E. Boone

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“I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great expectations for the future, but I just don't know if I'm the monarch of all I survey.” — Sylvester Stallone

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“If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery.” — John Paul Jones

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“It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.” — Jimmy Carter

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“Discipline is based on pride, on meticulous attention to details, and on mutual respect and confidence. Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of the goal or the fear of failure.” — Gary Ryan Blair

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“Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.” — Arsene Wenger

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“In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach.” — Andy Murray

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“I don't want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about.” — Emma Watson

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“I've probably earned the right to screw up a few times. I don't want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about.” — Emma Watson

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“I have a tendency to sabotage relationships I have a tendency to sabotage everything. Fear of success, fear of failure, fear of being afraid. Useless, good-for-nothing thoughts.” — Michael Buble

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“At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.” — Gordon Parks

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“What we have most to fear is failure of the heart.” — Sonia Johnson

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“You get so afraid of failure and so afraid of losing and so afraid of not being the best that it's not a natural drive - it's born out of fear of failure. Which helps in Hollywood.” — Gabrielle Union

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“I find writing very difficult. It's hard and it hurts sometimes, and it's scary because of the fear of failure and the very unpleasant feeling that you may have reached the limit of your abilities.” — Tony Kushner

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