Fear Quotes - Page 29

• Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people.

  Anwar Sadat

  Believe, People, Soul

  Anwar Sadat (1978). “In Search of Identity: An Autobiography”, New York : Harper & Row

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• Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

  Confidence, Powerful, New Years Resolution

  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1993). “Frankenstein”, p.129, Wordsworth Editions

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• Some men are too dull to feel what might happen. Others torture themselves with maybes and populate their dreams with horrors more terrible than their worst enemy could inflict upon them.

  Mark Lawrence

  Dream, Men, Worst Enemy

  Mark Lawrence (2011). “Prince of Thorns”, p.74, Penguin

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• Diplomacy is to do and say, the nastiest thing in the nicest way.

  Isaac Goldberg

  Way, Diplomats, Diplomacy

  The Reflex, Oct. 1927

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• Withhold no good impulse. You may fear that you will run to excess and squander too much, but those feelings are born of fear. In God's reality, the more you give of yourself-in feeling, generosity, self-expression, goodness, creativity, and love-the more you will be given.

  Deepak Chopra

  Love, Positive, God

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• One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Action

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• Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of trauma, I will fear no concussion.

  Jim Butcher

  Bible, Shadow Of Death, Death Of A Loved One

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.997, Penguin

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• The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.

  Lady Bird Johnson

  Business, Women, Anxiety

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• The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and the acceptance of love.

  Marianne Williamson

  Spiritual, Women, Acceptance

  Marci Shimoff, Carol Kline, Marianne Williamson (2012). “Love For No Reason: 7 Steps to Creating a Life of Unconditional Love”, p.49, Simon and Schuster

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• Bravery is not the absence of fear but the forging ahead despite being afraid

  Robert Liparulo

  Courage, Bravery, Absence

  Robert Liparulo (2009). “House of Dark Shadows”, p.148, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Fear is met and destroyed with courage.

  James F. Bell, III

  Inspirational, Motivational, Overcoming

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• Know the enemy and know yourself.

  Sun Tzu

  Military, War, Knowledge

  The Art of War ch. 3 (translation by Yuan Shibang)

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• It's the one who won't be taken that cannot seem to give, and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.

  Bette Midler

  Dance, Philosophy, Taken

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• Fear doesn't go away. The battle must be fought anew every day.

  Steven Pressfield

  Going Away, Battle, Face Your Fears

  Steven Pressfield (2002). “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles”, p.14, Black Irish Entertainment LLC

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• It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, - always do what you are afraid to do.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Light, Rays, Unbroken

  "Essays, First Series - Ralph Waldo Emerson". Book by Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841.

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• Fear is faith that it won't work.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Fear And Faith

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• So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, 'The good outnumber you, and we always will.'

  Patton Oswalt

  Inspirational, Positive, Hate

  "Celebrity Bostonians react to bombings" by Brandon Griggs, www.cnn.com. April 16, 2013.

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• A man who says he has never been scared is either lying or else he's never been any place or done anything.

  Louis L'Amour

  Lying, Men, Done

  Louis L'Amour (2011). “The Daybreakers and Sackett (2-Book Bundle)”, p.246, Bantam

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• Your playing small does not serve the world. Who are you not to be great?

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspiring, Confidence, Your Beautiful

  "A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a 'Course in Miracles'". Book by Marianne Williamson, 1992.

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• True nobility is exempt from fear.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Anxiety, Nobility

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• The world is full of a lot of fear and a lot of negativity, and a lot of judgment. I just think people need to start shifting into joy and happiness. As corny as it sounds, we need to make a shift.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Inspirational, Thinking, People

  Interview with Bridget Foley, www.wmagazine.com. March 1, 2007.

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• We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.

  Abraham Maslow

  Peak Experiences, Aspect, Godlike

  Attributed to Abraham Maslow by Toni Galardi in The LifeQuake Phenomenon: How to Thrive (Not Just Survive) in Times of Personal and Global Upheaval, 2009.

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• Of all the passions, fear weakens judgment most.

  Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

  Passion, Judgment

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• People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams.

  Norman Cousins

  Dream, Insecure, People

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• How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives.

  Judy Blume

  Determine, Handle, Our Lives

  Judy Blume (2014). “Tiger Eyes”, p.97, Pan Macmillan

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