Fear Quotes

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

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"He had a sudden conviction that he was being followed."
James Joyce
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"Fear grows larger when we feed it with our thoughts and words."
Anne Brontë
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"Fear is the price of consciousness; animals do not fear what they cannot imagine."
Thomas Hardy
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"Fear is the enemy of progress."
Charlotte Brontë
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"Fear is the prison of the mind."
Emily Brontë
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"We suffer most from the futures we imagine that never come to pass."
Thomas Hardy
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"Fear is the most honest of human emotions."
Thomas Hardy
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"Fear is the enemy that stands between you and your potential."
George Eliot
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"The lion may come, but I doubt he's coming tonight"
Charles Dickens
"Fear is the mind killer."
Émile Zola
"The greatest prison people live in is the fear of what other people think."
Émile Zola
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"Cold and solitude are not the worst things to fear in this world."
Emily Brontë
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"Fear is the jailer of mediocre souls."
Emily Brontë
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"Fear is the enemy that defeats us before we even begin the battle."
George Eliot
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"Such is the influence of propriety that we fear the judgment of our fellows"
Charles Dickens
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"Fear dissolves when we face it with determination"
Charles Dickens
"Fear is the enemy of progress."
Émile Zola
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"Even the bravest and strongest of men have their moments of despair."
Alexandre Dumas
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"The greatest battle is against fear."
Honoré de Balzac
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"She felt as if she were standing on the edge of a precipice."
Charlotte Brontë
"Fear is the chains that bind the human spirit to mediocrity."
Émile Zola
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"Fear is the mind's greatest enemy."
Alexandre Dumas
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"Fear is conquered by facing it directly."
Alexandre Dumas
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"Fear is nothing until it has seized upon us."
Charlotte Brontë
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"Fear is the mind's way of protecting itself."
Charlotte Brontë
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"You should fear the man who does not fear God."
Victor Hugo
"The fear of failure often prevents greater success."
Gustave Flaubert
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"Fear is simply faith in reverse, believing in disaster instead of good."
Alexandre Dumas
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"Fear is the greatest liar, convincing us we cannot do what we must."
Alexandre Dumas
"Fear is the enemy of reason."
Mary Shelley