Fear Quotes

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

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"Fear is the tool of the oppressor; courage is the weapon of the free."
Bayard Rustin
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"Fear is just the price of freedom."
Sylvia Rivera
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"Fear is the tool used to keep us compliant; courage is our antidote."
Marsha P. Johnson
J
"Fear is often the only obstacle between us and our calling."
James Reeb
J
"Fear reveals what we truly value."
James Reeb
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"Fear can paralyze us unless we confront it with courage."
Coretta Scott King
C
"Fear tells us where we must be most brave."
Coretta Scott King
"Fear is the greatest obstacle to progress."
Bayard Rustin
"Fear is a tool used to keep people in submission; education dispels fear."
Al Sharpton
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"Fear is real, but so is the possibility of something better if we're brave enough to fight for it."
Marsha P. Johnson
A
"Fear is only as deep as the mind allows."
Andrew Goodman
A
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Andrew Goodman
"Fear is information; it tells us what we care about and what we must address."
Al Sharpton
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"They are not going to scare me into stopping this fight for justice."
Fannie Lou Hamer
J
"Everything you want is on the other side of fear."
James Chaney
A
"The question is not what will happen to Mayella, the question is what will happen to her when she gets home."
Atticus Finch
A
"Shame on you, letting fear and hatred determine your conduct."
Atticus Finch
"Fear is often the greatest obstacle between you and your destiny."
Al Sharpton
A
"Our fears are often invitations to discover who we truly are."
Andrew Goodman
A
"Fear is the mind's way of preparing for what it cannot accept."
Andrew Goodman
J
"Fear is a teacher if we are willing to learn from it."
James Chaney
J
"Fear is only powerful when we give it our silence."
James Chaney
A
"Fear is merely the price we pay for caring deeply about something."
Andrew Goodman
M
"Fear cannot be the compass that guides our moral decisions."
Michael Schwerner
J
"Fear can be a teacher if we learn from it rather than surrender to it."
James Reeb
A
"Fear is simply an invitation to grow beyond your current limitations."
Andrew Goodman
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"Fear is just another tool used to keep people from doing what's necessary."
Viola Liuzzo
J
"Fear grows in the silence of the unchallenged"
James Chaney
J
"Fear of the unknown keeps many imprisoned in the chains of the familiar"
James Chaney
F
"Is this America, the land of the free and the home of the brave, where we have to sleep with our telephones off the hooks because our lives are threatened daily?"
Fannie Lou Hamer