Quotes on Fear

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.Bertrand Russell

• fear
• wisdom

Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.Michael Pritchard

• fear

It's all right to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them to fly in formation.Dr. Rob Gilbert

• fear
• performance

Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.Eddie Rickenbacker

• courage
• bravery
• fear

The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears. It reaches the height of its cherished aspirations. It falls to the level of its unchastened desires - and circumstances are the means by which the soul receives its own.James Allen

• desire
• fear
• passion

This is the source.

Having conceived of his purpose, a man should mentally mark out a straight pathway to its achievement, looking neither to the right nor the left. Doubts and fears should be rigorously excluded; they are disintegrating elements which break up the straight line of effort, rendering it crooked, ineffectual, useless. Thoughts of doubt and fear never accomplish anything, and never can. They always lead to failure. Purpose, energy, power to do, and all strong thoughts cease when doubt and fear creep in.James Allen

• purpose
• fear
• goals
• thought
• achievement
• accomplishment
• doubt

This is the source.

The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do. Doubt and fear are the great enemies of knowledge, and he who encourages them, who does not slay them, thwarts himself at every step.James Allen

• will
• fear
• doubt

This is the source.

Thought allied fearlessly to purpose becomes creative force.James Allen

• purpose
• fear
• thought

This is the source.

I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it's an illusion to me.Michael Jordan

• fear

This is the source.