86 Inspirational Quotes on Fear (OVERCOME FEAR)

Top 7 Most-favorited Quotes About Fear

It is foolish to fear what we have yet to see and know. – Uchiha Itachi (**Naruto**)

You don’t have to live in fear, ’cause for the first time in forever, I will be right here. – Anna (Frozen – **Disney Movie**)

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision. – Winston Churchill — Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision. – **Winston Churchill**

Fear of the unknown is a destructive force. It causes people to make suboptimal choices by avoiding that fear. – **Cliff Lerner**

Courage is the secret sauce that allows you to act despite your fears. - Narayan Kamath — Courage is the secret sauce that allows you to act despite your fears. – Narayan Kamath

It is a sad truth that greater the authority a person possesses, the more he tends to fear change. — It is a sad **truth** that greater the authority a person possesses, the more he tends to fear **change**. – Jinbe (**One Piece**)

Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering. – **Yoda**

Top 10 Quotes About Fear So You Can Be More Courageous

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do. - Henry Ford — One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do. – **Henry Ford**

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain. - Ralph Waldo Emerson — Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. - William Congreve — Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. – William Congreve

Living with fear stops us taking risks, and if you don’t go out on the branch, you’re never going to get the best fruit. - Sarah Parish — Living with fear stops us taking risks, and if you don’t go out on the branch, you’re never going to get the best fruit. – Sarah Parish

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. - Marie Curie — 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. – **Marie Curie**

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 Park

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. — I **learned** that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. – **Nelson Mandela**

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. – **Dale Carnegie**

Action cures fear, inaction creates terror. - Douglas Horton — **Action** cures fear, inaction creates terror. – Douglas Horton

The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror! - Joyce Meyer — The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror! – **Joyce Meyer**

19 Inspiring Quotes to Help You Fear Less & Be More Confident

You just have to get rid of fear and confront the world. Look at yourself in the mirror and say to yourself, ‘I love you and nothing will destroy you and you’re not going to fall.”
Ricky Martin

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. - Babe Ruth — Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. – **Babe Ruth**

Fear has its use, but cowardice has none. - Mahatma Gandhi — Fear has its use, but cowardice has none. – **Mahatma Gandhi**

Great fear is concealed under daring. - Lucan — Great fear is concealed under daring. – Lucan

Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it. - Bear Grylls — Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it. – Bear Grylls

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind. - Napoleon Hill — Fears are nothing more than a state of mind. – **Napoleon Hill**

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. - Helen Keller — Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. – **Helen Keller**

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear? - Confucius — If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear? – **Confucius**

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. - Shannon L. Alder — He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not **learned** the secret of life. – Shannon L. Alder

People living deeply have no fear of death. - Anais Nin — People living deeply have no fear of death. – **Anais Nin**

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death. - James F. Byrnes — Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death. – James F. Byrnes

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. - James Stephens — Curiosity will conquer fear even more than **bravery** will. – James Stephens

We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. - Seneca — We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. – **Seneca**

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire. - Dale Carnegie — Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire. – **Dale Carnegie**

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. - Eric Hoffer — You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. – Eric Hoffer

Fear is only as deep as the mind allows. - Japanese Proverb — Fear is only as deep as the mind allows. – **Japanese Proverb**

I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today. - William Allen White — I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today. – William Allen White

Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears. - Rudyard Kipling — Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears. – Rudyard Kipling

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

Who sees all beings in his own self, and his own self in all beings, loses all fear. - Isa Upanishad — Who sees all beings in his own self, and his own self in all beings, loses all fear. – Isa Upanishad

25 Quotes About Facing Your Fear & Embracing Fear

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.”
Steve Jobs

To overcome fear, here’s all you have to do - realize the fear is there, and do the action you fear anyway. - Peter McWilliams — To overcome fear, here’s all you have to do – realize the fear is there, and do the **action** you fear anyway. – Peter McWilliams

When I hear **music**, I fear no danger. I am **invulnerable**. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest. – **Henry David Thoreau**

Keep your fears to yourself but share your courage with others. - Robert Louis Stevenson — Keep your fears to yourself but share your **courage** with others. – **Robert Louis Stevenson**

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. — Of all forms of caution, caution in **love** is perhaps the most fatal to true **happiness**. – **Bertrand Russell**

Everything you want is on the other side of fear. - Jack Canfield — Everything you want is on the other side of fear. – **Jack Canfield**

Don’t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.”
Louis E. Boone

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. - Plato — We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. – **Plato**

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them. - Andre Gide — There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them. – **Andre Gide**

The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. - Joseph Campbell — The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. – Joseph Campbell

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

I think fearless is having fears but jumping anyway. - Taylor Swift — I think fearless is having fears but jumping anyway. – Taylor Swift

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. - Eleanor Roosevelt — You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. – **Eleanor Roosevelt**

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends. - Shirley Maclaine — Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends. – Shirley Maclaine

The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid. - Shirley Maclaine — The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid. – Shirley Maclaine

If you’re not willing to risk, you cannot grow. If you cannot grow, you cannot be your best. If you cannot be your best, you cannot be happy. If you cannot be happy, what else is there?
Les Brown

Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death.

No power so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. - Edmund Burke — No power so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. – Edmund Burke

Fear has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Rise.’ The choice is yours. - Zig Ziglar — Fear has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Rise.’ The choice is yours. – **Zig Ziglar**

Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile… initially scared me to death. - Betty Bender — Anything I’ve ever done that ultimately was worthwhile… initially scared me to death. – Betty Bender

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. - Dale Carnegie — Inaction breeds doubt and fear. **Action** breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. – **Dale Carnegie**

Find out what you're afraid of and go live there. - Chuck Palahniuk — Find out what you’re afraid of and go live there. – Chuck Palahniuk

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. - Marcus Aurelius — It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. – Marcus Aurelius

The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear. - Mahatma Gandhi — The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear. – **Mahatma Gandhi**

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice. - Mark Twain — There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice. – **Mark Twain**

24 Wise Quotes About Conquering Your Fear With Ease

Your fears are a kind of prison that confines you within a limited range of action. The less you fear, the more power you will have and the more fully you will live.”
Robert Greene

Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person. - Seth Godin — Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person. – **Seth Godin**

Courage is knowing what not to fear. - Plato — **Courage** is knowing what not to fear. – Plato

Do one thing every day that scares you. - Eleanor Roosevelt — Do one thing every day that scares you. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Your mission: Be so busy loving your life that you have no time for hate, regret or fear. - Karen Salmansohn — Your mission: Be so busy loving your life that you have no time for hate, regret or fear. – Karen Salmansohn

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live. - Dorothy Thompson — Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live. – Dorothy Thompson

Your mind is small, but your heart is big. Your mind is afraid but your heart is full of love. - Maxime Lagacé — Your mind is small, but your heart is big. Your mind is afraid but your heart is full of love. – Maxime Lagacé

If you want to cure the world, don’t emanate fear, emanate love. - Ram Dass — If you want to cure the world, don’t emanate fear, emanate love. – Ram Dass

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears. - Michel de Montaigne — A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears. – **Michel de Montaigne**

What the mind doesn’t understand, it worships or fears. - Alice Walker — What the mind doesn’t understand, it worships or fears. – **Alice Walker**

Do not be afraid; our fate cannot be taken from us; it is a gift. - Dante Alighieri — Do not be afraid; our fate cannot be taken from us; it is a gift. – **Dante Alighieri**

It’s okay to be a little afraid, it just means you’re about to learn something. - Thibaut — It’s okay to be a little afraid, it just means you’re about to **learn** something. – Thibaut

The fears we don’t face becomes our limits. - Robin Sharma — The fears we don’t face becomes our limits. – **Robin Sharma**

Being scared is part of being alive. Accept it. Walk through it. - Robin Sharma — Being scared is part of being alive. Accept it. Walk through it. – Robin Sharma

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist. - Oscar Wilde — To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist. – **Oscar Wilde**

Fear is your friend. It is an indicator. Sometimes it shows you what you shouldn’t do, more often than not it shows you what you should do. – **Tim Ferriss**

The scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better. - Stephen King — The scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better. – **Stephen King**

Your choices define you. Don’t let fear be your definition. - Tom Bilyeu — Your choices define you. Don’t let fear be your definition. – **Tom Bilyeu**

Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at something that doesn’t really matter. - D.L. Moody — Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at something that doesn’t really matter. – D.L. Moody

Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear. - Martin Luther King. Jr. — Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear. – **Martin Luther King. Jr.**

Only when we accept fear will we have freedom. - Shane Parrish — Only when we accept fear will we have **freedom**. – Shane Parrish

Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear. - Tony Robbins — **Focus** on where you want to go, not on what you fear. – **Tony Robbins**

If you are paralyzed with fear it’s a good sign. It shows you what you have to do. - Steven Pressfield — If you are paralyzed with fear it’s a good sign. It shows you what you have to do. – **Steven Pressfield**

Conclusion

Avoiding fear and emotions that scare us is human nature. Sometimes, fear is good because it prevents us from doing something stupid. Like leaving our cozy cave to venture to the wild where beasts lurk.

But the truth is, most of our fears today are just inner dialogue that keeps us stuck.

Experiencing fear is normal but to have your fear control you at every intersection of your life is not.

It’s been said that FEAR stands for False Events Appearing Real, which aptly implies that most of what you’re afraid of doesn’t ever come to pass.
Grant Cardone

When we avoid fear, we are also potentially avoiding joy, happiness, and growth.

Ralph Waldo Emerson puts it this way: “A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.”

Learning to overcome fear for five minutes longer than the average joe can give your life a whole new meaning and joy.

We don’t need to be courageous or brave every minute; we just need to be for five minutes longer when the time ensues.

Here are the best inspirational quotes on fear so you can overcome all undue doubts for five minutes longer to fuel your success.

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