Fear Quotes

Fear can be crippling, preventing us from doing what needs to be done. Here, you’ll find quotations to give you the antidote to fear: courage. These fear quotes will encourage you not to let anxiety or worry stop you from facing challenges and obstacles or simply moving forward toward achieving your dreams. Some of our fear sayings might even help you learn to welcome fear;  taking risks can be scary but often lead to the best results.

 

 Fear might not mean 'stop'; I've come to believe fear usually means 'go.' It always means 'listen closely'. 

- environmentalist Frances Moore Lappé

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 It is easier to face a fear, to challenge it and conquer it, than it is to live with it. 

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 Fear will always knock on your door. Just don't invite it in for dinner. And for heaven's sake, don't offer it a bed for the night. 

- Max Lucado, Imagine Your Life Without Fear

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 If you don't ask, it's an automatic no. 

- Guideposts reader Margaret Spittle Agard

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 My mama taught me that anything worth doing in life should be a little scary. 

- Terry McMillan, Author

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 Obstacles are fears that need to be transformed. When you have successfully released and transformed them, you are one step closer to your dream. 

- Aleta St. James, Author

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 Confidence comes from not always being right—but not fearing being wrong. 

- Guideposts reader Jody Antonsen of Platte, South Dakota

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 Many of us fear failure to the point of being willing to settle for one of the truest forms of failure—not trying at all. 

- Nicole LaBeach, Ph.D., Faithful Central Bible Church Counseling Center, Los Angeles, California

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 The antidote to fear is action. 

- Sally Hogshead, Author

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 The only real antidote to worry is purposeful action in the direction of your goals. Remind yourself that problems come not to obstruct, but to instruct. 

- Brian Tracy, Author

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