Fear can be a powerful thing. It can control us, limit us and even paralyze us from taking action. However, it doesn’t have to take away our power. By facing our fears head-on and embracing them, we can become stronger and wiser versions of ourselves. Reading through a list of fear quotes can remind us of the strength within us, allowing us to conquer any obstacle that stands in our path.
Through these 43 fear quotes, you can find the courage you need to face your fears and free yourself from their claws of limitations. Fears should not restrict what you do or how far you go – use these quotes to open new doors in life and develop the confidence needed to make it through the other side alive and well. Enjoy and fear not!
I hope you enjoy these quotes about overcoming fear…
1) “Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.” – Rudyard Kipling
2) “I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.” – William Allen White
3) “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
4) “Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.” – Helen Keller
Fear Quotes by George R. R. Martin
5) “Fear cuts deeper than swords.” – George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
6) “Bran thought about it. ‘Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?’ ‘That is the only time a man can be brave,’ his father told him.” – George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
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7) “Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.” – James Stephens
8) “Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.” – Bill Cosby
9) “Do not be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John Rockefeller
10) “Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it.” – Judy Blume
11) “Fears are educated into us, and can if we wish, be educated out.” – Karl Augustus Menninger
12) “Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.” – Buddha
13) “F.E.A.R.: False Evidence Appearing Real.” – Unknown
14) “Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.” – Yoda
15) “Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.” – Salvador Dali
Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
16) “He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
17) “Always do what you are afraid to do.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
18) “Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
19) “I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.” – Thomas Jefferson
20) “If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.” – Sun Tzu
21) “Ignorance is the parent of fear.” – Herman Melville
Fear Quotes by Dale Carnegie
22) “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
23) “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” – Dale Carnegie
24) “It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.” – Niccolo Machiavelli
25) “Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
26) “The key to change…is to let go of fear.” – Roseanne Cash
27) “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
28) “We are more often frightened than hurt, and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.” – Seneca
29) “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, Dune
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30) “I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” – Woody Allen
31) “Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.” – Marie Curie
32) “Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.” – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
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33) “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
34) “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
35) “Fear doesn’t shut you down; it wakes you up” – Veronica Roth, Divergent
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36) “The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” – Nelson Mandela
37) “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
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38) “There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.” – Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man’s Fear
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39) “Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death.” – James F. Byrnes
40) “We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.” – Marilyn Monroe
41) “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
Fear Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt
42) “Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
43) “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 have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
People’s minds change when they stop being afraid…
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