100 Quotes About Fear

Fear will always be a tenant in your mind, but do not make fear the landlord of your mind. Wisdom Primus

I thank God every day for this life, and I want there to be more, though that’s not known. What is known is that I’m alive today, this minute. And that’s pretty much what we all have — this day, this moment. Edie Littlefield Sundby

If I’ve learned anything from facing death, it is that life is not meant to be survived. Life is the greatest adventure there is. And why stop your adventuring when someone says the end may be near? The truth is, we never know when the end will actually come. None of us will avoid it forever. What’s the point in trying? Live fearlessly! Edie Littlefield Sundby

Through the Grace of God and His medicine I am healed.” The prayer was accompanied by a vision straight out of Braveheart, a line of Scottish Highland warriors in kilts with huge shields and long spears marching in brave unison and attacking and killing the cancer. They were advancing, towards the cancer, striking and killing it with strong accurate thrusts from their sharp spears. The vision was so strong I could hear marching feet, and visibly see the cancer in me dying. “Through the Grace of God and His medicine I am healed, ” became my constant prayer. The prayer awakened with me each day, coming on the wings of the morning. It followed in my heart through the day, and was on my lips as I drifted to sleep at night. Edie Littlefield Sundby

When I put down Lance Armstrong’s book, I understood something profoundly. Edie, if you can move, you’re not sick. I decided right then and there that no matter what cancer did to me I would continue to move. Movement was what the physical body was designed to do; it was how it coped and functioned. Movement was vitality. It was life. I would move. Always. No matter what. Until my last breath, I would move. . Edie Littlefield Sundby

I started to walk the day I was told I was dying of cancer. I believe walking has kept me alive. I live with a constant, pressing awareness of death. Once I start to walk, I am not afraid anymore; all is well. Edie Littlefield Sundby

I walk to rid myself of the terror of cancer, and to overcome the fear of it coming back. The fear may never completely fade, but actively engaging life — whatever that may involve — reminds me of the joy each day can bring. Edie Littlefield Sundby

I love to walk. Walking is a spiritual journey and a reflection of living. Each of us must determine which path to take and how far to walk; we must find our own way, what is right for one may not be for another. There is no single right way to deal with late stage cancer, to live life or approach death, or to walk an old mission trail. Edie Littlefield Sundby

At a cellular level of the human mind, Islamophobia is not really a matter of social stigma, rather it is a natural biological fear response of the general human mind, conditioned through countless pairings between terrorist attacks (unconditioned stimulus) and their apparent association with Islam (conditioned stimulus). Hence, Islamophobia cannot be eradicated completely, unless that pairing is severed and thereafter the conditioned stimulus of Islam is paired with something optimistic such as the heartwarming works of the 13th century Persian Muslim poet Jalal ad- Din Muhammad Rumi. Abhijit Naskar

You’ll feel afraid at times. You’ll feel weak at times. But remember, fear and weakness are not your enemies. They are forms of evolutionary wisdom in the face of danger. Take some time to assess the situation and shake the weakness and fear off your limbic system. Abhijit Naskar

You can't get rid of fear, you must learn to move through it. Know that deep in your soul, that fear is just a door to a room filled with something so big, so important, so life changing, that it scares you a little. Eileen Anglin

For those who challenge the great dangers fearlessly, let us remind this realistic probability: Fear can save your life and courage may kill you; thus sometimes fear is a reasonable path to continue your path! Mehmet Murat Ildan

Of all my objections to Jonathan Crane–and it is a lengthy list–the one point I will concede is that sometimes Fear has a purpose. Sometimes, fear is nature’s way of saying: Whoa there, Sundance, you sure you want to be jumping off that cliff, what with the rocky bed of the Colorado River churning 300 feet below? Sometimes, Fear has a point. Chris Dee

No such thing as the right time, situation or place. You have all it takes. Just dig within. Exhume all the greatness inside of you and transform the world with an inexhaustible drive and without fear of limitations. Chinonye J. Chidolue

To appreciate pleasure, someone had to experience pain; to appreciate joy, some had to experience sorrow; to appreciate love, some had to experience heartache; to appreciate freedom, some had to experience fear. Matshona Dhliwayo

Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper. Matshona Dhliwayo

To achieve success, ignore doubt; fame, ignore haters; greatness, ignore fear; and immortality, ignore hardship. Matshona Dhliwayo

Invest in your dreams, not in your fears. Matshona Dhliwayo

The greatest mountain anyone can conquer is fear. Matshona Dhliwayo

First, fear will mock you, then fear will taunt you, then fear will oppose you, and if you ignore it, only then will it flee from you. Matshona Dhliwayo

A bird must overcome its fear of heights before it can rule the skies. Matshona Dhliwayo

A bird only conquers the sky when it has mastered enough courage to lose sight of the ground. Matshona Dhliwayo

If adventurers were cowardly, no one would have crossed the nations; if sailors were fearful, no one would have crossed the oceans; if pilots were gutless, no one would have crossed the skies. Matshona Dhliwayo

Courage lightens distress, hope alleviates grief, doubt aggravates affliction, fear worsens anguish, worry magnifies misery, and faith overthrows despair. Matshona Dhliwayo

Culture is an identity and identity is a weapon which can work its way around strong foundations decaying them from the inside with the help of wrecking beliefs known as superstitions. However, every culture must have a superstition without which its uniqueness is lost. Adhish Mazumder

It is not the difficulty of achieving greatness that stops us but the fear of being great. Chinonye J. Chidolue

The greatest weight a bird has to drop before it can fly is fear. Matshona Dhliwayo

An oak tree is just a small nut that persevered against the taunts of doubt and fear. Matshona Dhliwayo

A bird in a nest is secure, but that is not why God gave it wings. Matshona Dhliwayo

A lion will only retreat if you stare it in the eyes; likewise, so will fear. Matshona Dhliwayo

Reach for the stars, not your fears. Matshona Dhliwayo

A bird that fears turbulence will never know how high it can fly. Matshona Dhliwayo

Wolves travel in packs, but the fiercest travel alone. Matshona Dhliwayo

Shatter your fears and you will shatter records. Matshona Dhliwayo

The higher you rise above your fears the higher you will rise above your peers. Matshona Dhliwayo

Life begins at the edge of your fears. Matshona Dhliwayo

The dark skies of despair are no match for the bright skies of hope. Matshona Dhliwayo

A step towards what you fear is a mile towards mastering it. Matshona Dhliwayo

The louder your “I can” the closer your “I've done it! Matshona Dhliwayo