959 private quotes tagged fear

“He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.” — Thomas Jefferson

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“There are few things more liberating in this life than having your worst fear realized.” — Conan O'Brien

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“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” — Bruce Lee

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“Fear is stupid. So are regrets.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.” — Aristotle

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“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.” — C. S. Lewis

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“In time we hate that which we often fear.” — William Shakespeare

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“The weeds keep multiplying in our garden, which is our mind ruled by fear. Rip them out and call them by name.” — Sylvia Browne

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“Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.” — Yousef Munayyer

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“I don't have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated.” — Tupac Shakur

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“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

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“Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.” — Aristotle

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“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.” — Aristotle

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“Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.” — Lao Tzu

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“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

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“Those who love to be feared fear to be loved.” — Saint Francis de Sales

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“It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.” — Albert Einstein

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“Fear makes us feel our humanity.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.” — Albert Einstein

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“Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.” — Thomas Fuller

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“It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.” — Epicurus

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“Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can and when once you take hope and fear away, you take from it its very life and being.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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“The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.” — Napoleon Bonaparte

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