Fear Quotes

The thing that stops us and, when faced, the thing that frees us. Both sides explored here.

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"A tyrant's greatest fear is an informed and organized citizenry."
Cleisthenes
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"Fear is the weapon of the weak; courage is the armor of the strong."
Scipio Africanus
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"Fear is the first enemy we must conquer to conquer any other."
Scipio Africanus
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"Fear is the enemy of progress."
Solon
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"Fear is a phantom we create ourselves."
Solon
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"The man who fears losing power has already lost himself."
Cincinnatus
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"A kingdom without fear is a kingdom without order. Therefore, I cultivated fear as a garden cultivates roses."
Tarquin the Proud
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"In the face of fear, the brave do not eliminate it—they act despite it"
Romulus
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"Fear is the mind's way of preparing you for what matters"
Romulus
"What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do."
Miltiades
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"The mind imprisoned by fear cannot conceive of possibility."
Solon
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"Fear is the first counselor of the coward; courage is the deliberate choice to act despite it."
Cincinnatus
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"Fear conquered is not fear absent; it is fear acknowledged and overcome."
Cincinnatus
"Fear is a tool—use it or be used by it."
Miltiades
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"The man who fears failure has already surrendered to it."
Alcibiades
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"I have discovered that fear is merely the absence of understanding and preparation."
Alcibiades
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"The warrior's greatest victory is the conquest of his own fear."
Romulus
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"Fear of poverty is often worse than poverty itself."
Lycurgus
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"Fear conquered becomes fuel for courage."
Lycurgus
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"Fear is the companion of tyrants; the just man fears only his own conscience."
Solon
S
"Fear conquers those who give it dominion; conquer fear by facing it directly."
Solon
T
"A man who fears nothing has already lost everything."
Themistocles
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"The person who fears power often wields it most responsibly."
Cincinnatus
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"The man who fears nothing has already lost everything worth protecting."
Alcibiades
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"The fear of death is often merely the fear of having lived poorly."
Alcibiades
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"I have learned that fear is the greatest prison."
Philip II
"A man who fears death has already lost his life."
Leonidas I
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"Fear is the only true enemy of progress."
Isocrates
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"Fear is the mind's way of warning us; we must listen but not surrender to it."
Alcibiades
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"Fear is the worst counselor."
Demosthenes