Fear Of The Future Quotes

• Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future.

  Fulton Oursler

  Moving On, Regret, Fear

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• 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

  Courage, Moving, Eye

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• We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.

  Barack Obama

  Future, Presidential, Shapes

  Speech to a Joint Session of Congress on Health Care Reform, delivered 9 September 2009

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• Don't let the sadness from the past and fear of the future ruin the happiness of the present.

  Kid Cudi

  Sadness, Past, Ruins

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• It is our very fear of the future that distorts the now that could lead to a different future if we dared to be whole in the present.

  Marion Woodman

  Fear, Different, Blather

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• 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.

  Nhat Hanh

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2012). “Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm”, p.4, Harper Collins

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• Fear keeps us rooted in the past. Fear of the unknown, fear of abandonment, fear of rejection, fear of not having enough, fear of not being enough, fear of the future-all these fears and more keep us trapped, repeating the same old patterns and making the same choices over and over again. Fear prevents us from moving outside the comfort-or even the familiar discomfort-of what we know. It's nearly impossible to achieve our highest vision for our lives as long as we are being guided by our fears.

  Debbie Ford

  Fear, Moving, Past

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• Fear of the future and longing for the past are major factors which impede appropriate action.

  Brenda Shoshanna

  Future, Past, Action

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• I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

  William Allen White

  Positive, Encouraging, Time

  "Vice President Joe Biden's Commencement speech at WFU". www.realclearpolitics.com. May 21, 2009.

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• Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.

  Quintilian

  Life, Fortune

  "De Institutione Oratoria", XII. 5, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 289-93, 1922.

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• We are living in a world of fear. The life of man today is corroded and made bitter by fear. Fear of the future, fear of the hydrogen bomb, fear of ideologies. Perhaps this fear is a greater danger than the danger itself, because it is fear which drives men to act foolishly, to act thoughtlessly, to act dangerously...

  Sukarno

  Fear, Men, Hydrogen Bomb

  Sukarno's speech at the opening of the Bandung Conference, as quoted in "Selected Documents: Some Aspects Concerning Progress & Principles of the Indonesian Revolution, Book 1" (p. 14), April 18, 1955.

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  It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Life, Moving On, Death

  Marcus Aurelius (2015). “Meditations”, p.144, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is.

  Annie Lennox

  Leaving, Flying, Rubbish

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• Just for today, allow yourself to embrace all that you are every moment. Know that you are a vessel of light. Allow yourself to release all doubts about your ability, the mistakes of the past, the fear of the future.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Letting Go, Mistake, Past

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Sep 23, 2016

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• Fear is crippling. Fear of the future can convince us that there is no way out and nothing is ever going to get better. Fear is blinding; it can make us miss the warning signs flashing right in front of our eyes. It can also make you miss those brilliant flashes of color, when the world isn't so gray. But, if you think about it, being afraid isn't such a bad thing. Because fear is a reminder that you still have something to lose. Something worth holding onto.

  Cassia Leo

  Eye, Thinking, Color

  FaceBook post by Cassia Leo from Jul 22, 2014

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• It is too early to feel fear of the future when one is under 30, and too late after that. What I mean is that one must never allow fear to become one's permanent sense of life. The important thing is to prepare yourself intellectually to deal with whatever circumstances you may encounter, which requires that you define your values fully, clearly and rationally -- and never betray them.

  Ayn Rand

  Mean, Important, Encounters

  Ayn Rand (1997). “Letters of Ayn Rand”, p.673, Penguin

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• Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.2016, Delphi Classics

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• 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

  Inspirational, Change, Courage

  FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Jul 06, 2015

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• Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Positive, Fear, Moving Forward

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• Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.

  Robert E. Lee

  Perseverance, Determination, Past

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• Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

  William James

  Life, Positive, Encouraging

  William James (2010). “The Will to Believe: And Other Essays in Popular Philosophy”, p.80, The Floating Press

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• He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Attitude, Fear, War

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• Wisely improve the Present. It is thine.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Past Future, Future And Present, Manly

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “Hyperion”, p.228, Jazzybee Verlag

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• of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.

  Erica Jong

  Fear, Future, Foolish

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• Looking to the material world for the satisfaction of our inner needs is the source of much fear. All fear is, in essence, fear of the future. We are afraid of things that have not yet happened, but which if they did might bring us pain, suffering, or some other discomfort - or stand in the way of some future contentment. And we are afraid that circumstances that are already causing us displeasure may continue in the future.

  Russell Peters

  Pain, Essence, Suffering

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