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50 Fear Quotes to Inspire You

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“You can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.” – Michelle Obama

“Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.” – Aristotle

“I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.”
Oprah Winfrey

“There will always be fear; do it anyway. Let your courage inspire the world around you.” –  Steve Maraboli

“Bran thought about it. ‘Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?’ ‘That is the only time a man can be brave,’ his father told him.” – George R.R. Martin

“Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.” – Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code

“Don’t let your fear help you birth a well-nourished regret; take action today!” – Steve Maraboli

“Without fear there cannot be courage.” – Christopher Paolini

“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” – Paulo Coelho

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

“I tend to scare myself.” – Stephen King

“Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.” – Isabel Allende

“When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.” – Tony Robbins

“Best way to deal with fear is to confront it.” – Pittacus Lore

“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.” – Nelson Mandela

“Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Everything you want is on the other side of fear.” – Jack Canfield

“It’s all right to be afraid. You just don’t let it stop you from doing your job.” – Jim Butcher

“Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.” – Sophocles

“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

“Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fear is a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life.

“Scared is what you’re feeling. Brave is what you’re doing.” – Emma Donoghue

“I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.” – Veronica Roth

“Courage is feeling fear, not getting rid of fear, and taking action in the face of fear.” – Roy T. Bennett

“Fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.” – Dale Carnegie

“Always do what you’re afraid to do.” – E. Lockhart

“Find out what you’re afraid of and go live there.” – Chuck Palahniuk

“There’s no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it.” – George R.R. Martin

“It’s better to die laughing than to live each moment in fear.” – Michael Crichton

“What the mind doesn’t understand, it worships or fears.” – Alice Walker

“To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” – Bertrand Russell

“Courage is knowing what not to fear.” – Plato

“The fears we don’t face becomes our limits.” – Robin Sharma 

"Fear can’t hurt you,” she said. “When it washes over you, give it no power. It’s a snake with no venom. Remember that. That knowledge can save you."

“If a fear cannot be articulated, it can’t be conquered.” – Stephen King

“If you are afraid to take a chance, take one anyway. What you don’t do can create the same regrets as the mistakes you make.” – Iyanla Vanzant

“To escape fear, you have to go through it, not around.” – Richie Norton

“You have two choices, to conquer your fear or to let your fear conquer you.” – Roy T. Bennett

“It’s okay to be crazy and scared and brave at the same time!” – Kelly Epperson

“Find what you are afraid of, face it, and then you won’t be afraid of it anymore.” – Marilyn Manson

“Fear can only grow in darkness. Once you face fear with light, you win.” – Steve Maraboli

“It is difficult to make the right choice if you fear choosing wrongly.” – Roy T. Bennett

“The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true.” – Christopher Paolini

“Bravery is not the absence of fear but the forging ahead despite being afraid” – Robert Liparulo

“Fear grew in places unlit by knowledge” – Roshani Chokshi

“But fear doesn’t need doors and windows. It works from the inside.” – Andrew Clements

“Fear tries to get us to give up but faith takes us all the way through to victory”
Joyce Meyer