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 only thing we have to fear."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"Fear is only as powerful as we allow it to be."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
"We suffer more from imagination than from reality."
Fannie Hurst
"Fear is the parent of cruelty."
Marianne Moore
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"Fear is temporary; regret is permanent."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"Fear is the greatest obstacle to human development."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"Fear is the only real prison; all others are merely reflections of it."
Amy Lowell
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"Fear is the price we pay for caring about something."
Amy Lowell
"Fear is merely the shadow cast by courage refusing to act."
Fannie Hurst
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"She felt as if she were being borne away from some anchorage which had held her safe."
Kate Chopin
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"Fear is the greatest obstacle to living authentically."
Kate Chopin
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"Fear is an invitation to grow beyond our limitations."
Kate Chopin
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"Fear is the most powerful force in the world."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
"Fear often masks untapped potential within us."
Fannie Hurst
"Fear is the guardian of growth when we face it."
Fannie Hurst
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"Fear is the mind's way of protecting us, but it can also imprison us."
Amy Lowell
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"Fear is often the birthplace of necessary growth."
Amy Lowell
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"Fear is merely fog; step through it and you'll find clarity."
O. Henry
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"Fear is the mother of all creation and destruction."
Jack London
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"Fear often masquerades as propriety in the mouths of those who wish to control us."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"Fear is the one thing that keeps us from being truly alive."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"To fear nothing is not courage; courage is acting despite profound fear."
Kate Chopin
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"Fear is the dark before dawn; it announces but does not determine our fate."
Kate Chopin
"Fear is simply the absence of understanding."
Fannie Hurst
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"Fear is the tool of tyrants."
Upton Sinclair
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"Fear is the mind-killer; courage is the mind's liberator."
O. Henry
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"To fear death is to miss life."
Jack London
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"Fear is the mind's way of protecting us; wisdom is knowing when to ignore it."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"Fear is often the guardian of what we hold most dear."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"The fear of change prevents more progress than the failure of change itself."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman