- Nov 07, 2020
Fear Quotes
Fear fades fastest when it's named directly.
This collection pairs personal courage with public conviction - resolve around national security, wariness of concentrated institutional power, and the belief that a government secure in itself should welcome, not dread, criticism. Related reading in Fearless Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fly
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started flying because I had a fear of it early on. I figured if I learned to fly, I would understand better what was happening and started taking lessons in the late 1950's, once I had made some money on tour.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.
- Deep Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fear is a great motivator. Look at what 9-11 has accomplished - My god. It's slammed the economy, It's - I can't even begin to detail all it's actually done, other than bring down the buildings and hit the Pentagon. It's stunned the entire nation.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no love more intense than the love we have for our kids - and where there is intense love, there is also intense fear lurking beneath the surface.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think she's the foundation of everything I've done. I think, definitely, my mother's fear of failure helps make me more resilient and helps make me persevere.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.
- Arising
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
- Generality
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- Nov 07, 2020
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I found that the things I am afraid of most are things for which there are no obvious remedies. Like, what do you do with a fear of death? You either come to terms with it or you don't, but there's no solving it.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
If any man has left us for fear of Nero, I shall not account him a coward; but I shall hail as a philosopher any man who has been superior to this fear, and I shall teach him all I know.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020