Fear Quotes
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It is not suffering as such that is most deeply feared but suffering that degrades.
Susan Sontag
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He who has few things to desire cannot have many to fear.
William Blake
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I would prefer a thousand mistakes in extravagance of love to any paralysis in wariness of fear.
Gerald May
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This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the maximum of anonymity and secrecy to persons of tremendous public power who dreaded public knowledge of their activities as an evil almost as great as inflation.
Carroll Quigley
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Best way to deal with fear is to face the nightmare!
Eric Jerome Dickey
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Trump's campaign is not a collection of ignorant statements. It is a candidacy of hate and fear that poses serious risks to people of color, women, people with disabilities, immigrants, and LGBTQ people.
Sarah McBride
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A man afraid of death will never play the part of a live man.
Seneca the Younger
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By ignoring my fear, I learned that the fear was groundless. Over the years, I have met people who took what seemed the safer path and were the lesser for it...I had taken a risk, and that risk yielded that greatest reward...Always take a chance on better, even if it seems threatening.
Edwin Catmull
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To be true, you have to take the plunge, to touch bottom. But most people want to be in control. They fear the worst. You can’t control anything. What you have to do is let yourself be taken over.. .All the paintings I have made, I was compelled to make. You must never force yourself.
Bram van Velde
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I don't want fear or cancer to define me, but it's always in the back of your mind.
Ethan Zohn
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It's fear of the unknown. The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that-it's all illusion. Unknown is what it is. Accept that it's unknown and it's plain sailing. Everything is unknown-then you're ahead of the game. That's what it is. Right?
John Lennon The Beatles
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We ought to love our Maker for His own sake, without either hope of good or fear of pain.
Miguel de Cervantes
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The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.
Will Durant
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There is always a sense of fear in everything I do. It doesn’t look like I am afraid, but I am always pushing myself. It is really difficult for me to be up here.” I reflected, “A witness can see how uncomfortable you feel pushing yourself to be here,” and she nodded.
Bessel van der Kolk
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Don't let your fear of failing triumph over the joy of participating.
Marilyn Monroe
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John was wrong about many things but right about at least one: Fear determines so much. Fear of being in the dark. Being alone. Being wrong. Growing old. Losing potency. Losing control.
Andromeda Romano-Lax
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Behind every bad law, a deep fear.
Sarah Vowell
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Why in the world are we here? Surely not to live in pain and fear. Why on earth are you there, when you're everywhere - come and get your share.
John Lennon The Beatles
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Far more frightening than the thought of dying was the experience of erasure already occurring in my life. My fear of becoming someone who did not count.
Susan Griffin
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You must put fear out of your mind. Confront it with the belief that the past is over with, that a new life lies ahead.
Edward T. Lowe, Jr.
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What is prayer but meditation? What is a demon but a fear that lives inside us, one we cannot easily conquer on our own?
John Searles
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Fear is the foundation of safety.
Tertullian
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If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
Jimmy Carter
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From the passions arise worry, and from worry arises fear. Away with the passions, and no fear, no worry.
Gautama Buddha