Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Fear

The only thing we have to fear on this planet is man.
Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961) Swiss Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Philosopher

We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.
John F. Kennedy (1917–63) American Head of State, Journalist

Fear is the proof of a degenerate mind.
Virgil (70–19 BCE) Roman Poet

Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why?. Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them.
Marilyn Ferguson (1938–2008) American Author, Editor, Orator

I had to shift from being afraid of making a mistake to being afraid of not making a mistake.
Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author

I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.
William Allen White (1868–1944) American Editor, Politician, Author

When fear is excessive it can make many a man despair.
Thomas Aquinas (1225–74) Italian Catholic Priest, Philosopher, Theologian

As you start to see the possibilities in the impossible, you will begin to see that the world works “perfectly”. You can find reason and purpose in everything—if you open your mind to it.
Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author

Bad behavior and irrational decisions are almost always caused by fear. If you want to change the behavior, address the fear.
Seth Godin (b.1960) American Entrepreneur

Victory over fear is the first spiritual duty of man.
Nikolai Berdyaev (1874–1948) Russian Christian Philosopher, Religious Leader

What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986) Indian Philosopher

All we are asked to bear we can bear. That is a law of the spiritual life. The only hindrance to the working of this law, as of all benign laws, is fear.
Elizabeth Goudge (1900–84) English Novelist

Now I know that when I am angry at my husband, I simply have to ask myself, “What am I not doing in my life that I could be doing that I am blaming him for not doing for me?”
Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.
Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English Philosopher

If you are focused on “the way it’s supposed to be,” you might miss the opportunity to enjoy the way it is or to have it be wonderful in a totally different way from what you imagined.
Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author

We must constantly build dykes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–68) American Civil Rights Leader, Clergyman

People who refuse to take risks live with a feeling of dread that is far more severe than what they would feel if they took the risks necessary to make them less helpless—only they don’t know it!
Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author

When you see yourself connected to something bigger than yourself, you no longer feel you must do it all alone. Your sense of power becomes highly magnified, and your fears are greatly diminished.
Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author

Begin to act from your dominion. Declare the truth by telling yourself that there is nothing to be afraid of, that you no longer entertain any images of fear.
Ernest Holmes (1887–1960) American New Thought Writer, Teacher

Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death.
Erik Erikson (1902–94) German-born American Developmental Psychologist

THE TRUTH IS THAT YOU REALLY ARE IN CONTROL—IN TOTAL CONTROL.
Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear.
Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher

Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way.
Kate Seredy

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth—
more than ruin—more even than death….
Thought is subversive and revolutionary,
destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege,
established institutions, and comfortable habit.
Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid.
Thought is great and swift and free,
the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.
Bertrand A. Russell (1872–1970) British Philosopher, Mathematician, Social Critic

When you inhabit any of these three roles, you’re reacting to fear of victimhood, loss of control, or loss of purpose. You’re always looking outside yourself, to the people and circumstances of life, for a sense of safety, security, and sanity.
David Emerald

I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
Thomas Merton (1915–68) American Trappist Monk

All fear is painful, and when it conduces not to safety, is painful without use.—Every consideration, therefore, by which groundless terrors may be removed, adds something to human happiness.
Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist

Someday, in the moment of death, your whole life will pass before you. In a few fractions of a second—because time no longer applies—you will see many incidents from your life in order to learn. You will review your life with two questions in your consciousness: Could I have shown a little more courage in these moments? Could I have shown a little more love? You will see where you let fear stop you from expressing who you are, how you feel, or what you need. You will see whether you were able to expand into these moments, just a little, to show love, or whether you contracted.
Dan Millman (b.1946) American Children’s Books Writer, Sportsperson

There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.
Christian Nestell Bovee (1820–1904) American Writer, Aphorist

What we resist persists.
Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author

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