Fear Quotes

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

16356 quotes

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"A soldier's greatest fear should not be death, but the knowledge that he lived without purpose."
Pershing
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"The soldier who does not fear death is already dead inside."
Bernard Montgomery
B
"The soldier's greatest enemy is often himself and his own doubts."
Bernard Montgomery
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"The weight of expectation is often heavier than the burden of failure."
John French
A
"The fear of failure is more limiting than failure itself."
Alfred von Schlieffen
"The soldier who fears death is already defeated."
Erwin Rommel
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"We tend to fear what we do not understand, yet understanding itself requires courage to begin."
John French
W
"The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."
William Tecumseh Sherman
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"Fear is the enemy of progress."
William Tecumseh Sherman
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"In life, there is nothing to fear except fear itself."
Napoléon III
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"A soldier's greatest fear is not death, but meaningless death."
Douglas Haig
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"The man who fears nothing is not brave; he is merely unaware of danger."
Helmuth von Moltke
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"I have always thought that a soldier should be afraid of but two things - God and his commanding officer."
Robert E. Lee
N
"A man who fears nothing is either a fool or a sage."
Napoléon III
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"The fear that paralyzes is the fear we do not name; speak it and lose half its power."
Edmund Allenby
A
"Fear is the soldier's honest teacher—those who deny it are already defeated."
Alfred von Schlieffen
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"The man who fears nothing has already conquered half the battle."
Napoléon III
N
"Fear is the enemy of progress and the ally of stagnation."
Napoléon III
R
"Fear loses its power when we understand it."
Robert E. Lee
W
"Fear is only overcome by action and resolve."
William Tecumseh Sherman
U
"The most anxious moment in my life was when I was made a Major General."
Ulysses S. Grant
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"The fear of failure should never prevent the attempt at greatness."
Robert E. Lee
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"A man who fears nothing is either brave or foolish; usually both."
Napoléon III
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"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself—and a disorganized supply train."
Arthur Wellesley
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"One should fear not the enemy without, but laziness within."
Helmuth von Moltke
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"The most dangerous enemy is the one you believe you have already defeated."
Helmuth von Moltke
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"Fear is the shadow of every warrior, but only those who face it are truly brave."
Saladin
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"Fear is the greatest weakness in any man; conquer it and conquer the world."
Horatio Nelson
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"A person who fears failure is guaranteed to achieve it."
Ulysses S. Grant
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"Fear is the enemy of progress; conquer it first."
Arthur Wellesley