Fear Quotes

Fear can be overwhelming, but that doesn't mean it can’t be overcome.  It’s been a while, but here are some more fear quotes to help gain perspective of fear and to provide motivation on your journey to overcoming your fears.

“We fear violence less than our own feelings.  Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.”  ~Jim Morrison

“Pick the day.  Enjoy it-to the hilt.  The day as it comes, People as they come…The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present-and I don’t want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.”  ~Audrey Hepburn

“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.  ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.”  ~Thomas Paine

“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”  ~Rosa Parks

“There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.”  ~Andre Gide

“It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.”  ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Fear stifles our thinking and actions.  It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation.  I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure.  Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.”  ~Charles Stanley

Do something today that you are afraid to do. Don’t let your fear hold you back from succeeding in your life. Be brilliant…be fearless!