It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because worms are scarce.

Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We wouldn't like jam if it didn't, by its very nature, ooze. We wouldn't like truth if it wasn't sticky, if, from time to time, it didn't ooze blood.

Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices.

Fear is met and destroyed with courage.

Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death.

Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.

When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation -- it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.

The fear of being wrong is the prime inhibitor of the creative process.

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.

Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

Fear can be conquered. I became a better person and a better football player when I learned that lesson.

A fighter has to know fear.

It all changed when I realized I'm not the only one on the planet who's scared. Everyone else is, too. I started asking people, "Are you scared, too?" "You bet your sweet life I am." "Aha, so that's the way it is for you, too." We were all in the same boat. That's probably what is so effective at our workshops. When I ask, "Who else feels like this?" the whole room of hands goes up. People realize they are not the only one who feels that way.

The first and great commandment is, "Don't let them scare you."

Fear is the biggest motivator.

Fear can be headier than whiskey, once man has acquired a taste for it.

My worst fear is that I'll end up living in some run-down duplex on Wilshire wearing pants hiked up to my nipples and muttering under my breath.

He without fear is king of the world.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Winners are those people who make a habit of doing the things losers are uncomfortable doing.

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

Most fear stems from sin; to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit.

The truth is that there is no terror untempered by some great moral idea.

Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin.

Fear of success can also be tied into the idea that success means someone else's loss. Some people are unconsciously guilty because they believe their victories are coming at the expense of another.

Fear is excitement without breath.

The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.

Fear of the pain blinds us to the goal of healing. Only by seeing our problems clearly and experiencing them can we do something about them.

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

I think over again my small adventures, my fears, These small ones that seemed so big. For all the vital things I had to get and to reach. And yet there is only one great thing, The only thing. To live to see the great day that dawns And the light that fills the world.

Never take counsel of your fears.

Feel the fear and do it anyway.

Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

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.

Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind.

Great fear is concealed under daring.

The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.

Only he who can say, "The Lord is my strength," can say, "Of whom shall I be afraid?"

Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

God incarnate is the end of fear; and the heart that realizes that He is in the midst... will be quiet in the middle of alarm.

I know what I am fleeing from, but not what I am in search of.

Depression, gloom, pessimism, despair, discouragement, these slay ten human beings to every one murdered by typhoid, influenza, diabetes or pneumonia. If tuberculosis is the great white plague, then fear is the great black plague.

Whenever we're afraid, its because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.

You can't underestimate the power of fear.

No Fear.

Half the things that people do not succeed in are through fear of making the attempt.

You can get something done in a short time with fear, but in the long run it just doesn't pay off.

Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.

A scalded cat dreads cold water.

He who is afraid of a thing gives it power over him.

Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby.

…the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Humans, with the capacities of higher-order thinking, can overcome limiting behaviors and fears.

Where the fear is, happiness is not.

Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.

If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.

Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live…

Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.

Fear is what kills us.

Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.

To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity.

Less base the fear of death than fear of life.