Fear and courage are brothers.— Cornelia Funke
Quotes About Fear
Fear is loudest right before you grow. These quotes about fear won't make it disappear — they'll help you move while it's still there. That's all courage ever is.
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More topics ›Courage is knowing what not to fear.— Plato
Without fear there cannot be courage.— Christopher Paolini
There are three things all wise men fear.— Patrick Rothfuss
The man who fears losing has already lost.— George R.R. Martin
Forget safety. Live where you fear to live.— Rumi
I fear nothing, for fear is the mind-killer.— Frank Herbert
If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear.— Mary Shelley
He who controls his fear becomes truly free.— Frank Herbert
Your fear is the most boring thing about you.— Elizabeth Gilbert
Like calls to like. Poison fears the antidote.— Leigh Bardugo
Fear is only your enemy if you allow it to be.— Sabaa Tahir
Bravery is just fear that has said its prayers.— T. Kingfisher
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.— Jack Canfield
Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back.— Babe Ruth
He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.— Aristotle
Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.— Mary Shelley
Fear means you might lose. It doesn't mean you will.— Tamora Pierce
Fear and desire. They keep us tethered to the world.— Deborah Harkness
What we fear most is usually what we most need to do.— Tim Ferriss
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.— Joseph Campbell
Fear is a feeling that is natural to all living beings.— Andrzej Sapkowski
What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.— Tim Ferriss
As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.— Chanakya
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.— Buddha
Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear.— George Addair
Courage involves making good things happen in spite of fear.— Brandon Mull
When the roots are deep, there is no reason to fear the wind.— African Proverb
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.— Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fear isn't a reason to stop. It's a reason to keep your eyes open.— Naomi Novik
Do not let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.— Babe Ruth
A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear.— George R.R. Martin
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.— Mark Twain
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.— Dale Carnegie
Promise less. Do more. Fear less. Believe more. Copy less. Create more.— Thema Davis
Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.— Daniel Defoe
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.— John Steinbeck
Power. True power did not come from a crown or a throne. It came from fear.— V.E. Schwab
It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.— J.K. Rowling
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the strength to go on in spite of it.— Brandon Sanderson
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.— Paulo Coelho
Now is our chance to show the whole world that we fear neither life nor death.— C.S. Lewis
Sometimes what you fear the most to do is the very thing that will set you free.— Robert Tew
Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.— Paulo Coelho
Fear is for the moments before a battle. It does no good once a fight has begun.— Holly Black
Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.— Frank Herbert
Once you've got a task to do, it's better to do it than live with the fear of it.— Joe Abercrombie
I had been old and stern and strong. I had carried fears like stones in my chest.— Madeline Miller
We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.— Marilyn Monroe
Fear is a phoenix. You can watch it burn a thousand times and still it will return.— Leigh Bardugo
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What is a good quote about fear?
Franklin D. Roosevelt's line still holds: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Often the fear of the thing is heavier than the thing — and naming that can loosen its grip.
What is a short quote about overcoming fear?
"Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain." — Ralph Waldo Emerson. Short fear quotes help most in the two seconds before you act, when you need a nudge more than an essay.
How do you stop letting fear hold you back?
You don't wait for the fear to leave — you act alongside it. A good quote reframes fear as a sign you're at the edge of something that matters, not a stop sign.