“Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance.” “If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” “To overcome fear, here’s all you have to do: realize the fear is there, and do the action you fear anyway.” “You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.” The fearful are caught as often as the bold.” “Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” “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.” “Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.”

“Fear is only as deep as the mind allows.” “Where no hope is left, is left no fear.” “Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.”’ “We are more often frightened than hurt and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.” “Who sees all beings in his own self, and his own self in all beings, loses all fear.” “I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.” “Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.” “Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.” They seem to be more afraid of life than death.” “Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. “ Fears are educated into us, and can, if we wish, be educated out.” To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” “Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. “When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.”

“People living deeply have no fear of death.” Here are 73 thought-provoking, practically helpful and motivating quotes on fear. So in this article I’d like to share timeless and time-tested wisdom from the people that walked this earth long before us (and from a few that are still here with us). Learning to handle fear and overcome it – even if that’s sometimes just for 10 or 30 seconds so you can take an important action – is critical to living your life fully.

That keeps us from getting what we want and becoming who we honestly deep down want to be. Sometimes it’s a very helpful thing that keeps us from harm.īut many times it’s an inner voice and barrier that keeps us stuck.

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