Sometimes, you just need a nudge to help fuel your courage and lead you on the path to making your dreams come true. These 65 quotes about fear and overcoming them do exactly that! I hope they inspire you as much as they inspire me! Keep reading to check them out!
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Top 20 Quotes About Fear to Help Fuel Your Courage
Out of the many, many, many obstacles that life throws in our path, I really think fear is the biggest one of all. It’s like a ginormous mountain standing right in the middle of the path between us and our dreams, and there’s no way around it. The only way through is over.
Here’s the great thing about mountains, though- even the tallest ones can be conquered. Over 6,000 people have proven that by reaching the summit of Mt. Everest! With a little bravery (okay, maybe sometimes A LOT of bravery), YOU can conquer your greatest mountain, too! These quotes about fear below will help inspire you to do just that. Start with my top 20 favorites, then keep reading for even more inspirational words of wisdom.
Quotes about fear to help be strong
1. You can’t escape fear…
I think this is a great one to start with since it ties into the “fear as a mountain” analogy that I was going for above. Sure, you could try to go around it, but it’ll take a lot longer and you may get lost along the way. 🙂
2. Courage is not the absence of fear…
Too often, we think of courage as being the opposite of fear, but it’s really not. Without fear, there’s no need for courage.
3. “Fear is the path to the dark side..”
So much of the hate that we see in today’s world stems from fear, and it really has led to so much suffering.
4. Fear eventually destroys the hater…
Fear doesn’t just lead to hate, it eventually destroys the hater entirely.
5. “…stop to look fear in the face.”
It takes great courage and confidence to look fear head-on and say “you cannot beat me.”
6.“Fear defeats more people…”
Think about all of the paths you didn’t take in life, all of the dreams you didn’t chase. What held you back the most? For me, it was definitely fear in one way or another.
7. “Fear is a reaction…”
Make the decision to be brave! These quotes about fear really help you get the courage you need.
8. “Fear is not real…”
Confession- I’ve never seen this movie, but I still love this quote. Danger is and always will be real, but how we think about those dangers is a choice.
9. “Our greatest fear should not be of failure…”
I’d rather try and fail something that I’m passionate about than succeed while doing something that makes me miserable.
10. “Fear doesn’t stop death…”
So, here’s the thing about fear- it actually does serve a biological function that helped get us survive throughout all of these millennia. After all, without some sense of fear telling us “those teeth and claws look sharp and deadly,” we probably would have tried to snuggle up to saber-tooth tigers (I mean, they DO look cuddly!) way back in our cave days. But like our appendix and wisdom teeth, at some point we evolved beyond using fear the way it was intended. Life is definitely safer than it was for our great-great-times about a million greats)-grandparents. Also like our appendix and wisdom teeth, fear usually does far more damage than good in our lives, especially when we become infected by it.
11. “Fear is the thief of dreams.”
Don’t be so afraid of taking a path in this life that you completely give up on your dreams.
12 . “Scared is what you’re feeling….”
Bravery isn’t about not being scared, it’s being scared of something and doing it anyway.
13. “I must say a word about fear…”
“I must say a word about fear. It is life’s only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unnerving ease. It begins in your mind, always … so you must fight hard to express it. You must fight hard to shine the light of words upon it. Because if you don’t, if your fear becomes a wordless darkness that you avoid, perhaps even manage to forget, you open yourself to further attacks of fear because you never truly fought the opponent who defeated you.” ― Yann Martel, Life of Pi
This is a long one, but it’s one of my favorite quotes about fear ever. I think it speaks for itself.
14. Words can overcome fear…
Some days it really does feel like there is more bad than good in the world. On days like that, it’s easy to let fear overwhelm you. The right words at the right time, though, can overcome even the greatest of fears.
15. “Don’t be afraid of your fears. They’re not there to scare you….”
The things that we’re most scared of are often the best things for us! Well, within reason of course. I mean, I can’t really imagine a situation in which bungee-jumping is “the best thing” for me. 😀
16. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear…”
Taking action and doing something that scares you is often the quickest way for it to stop scaring you!
17. “Fear is just a four-letter word…”
This one speaks for itself. Be epic!
18. “…unlock the doors to the best chapters of your life story.”
19. Nothing in life is to be feared…
This is another one of my all-time favorite quotes about fear. Take time to learn something new every day about what scares you the most, and it’ll eventually become the thing that scares you the least!
20. “…the other side of fear.”
Be brave! Make the leap!
45 More Inspirational Quotes About Fear and Overcoming It
The ones above are my favorites overall, but there are so many other inspiring quotes about fear and overcoming it that I also love.
- “Fear has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Rise.’ The choice is yours.” – Zig Ziglar
- “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
- “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “Fear is the mind-killer.” – Frank Herbert, “Dune”
- “Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “There is no illusion greater than fear.” – Lao Tzu
- “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain
- “Fear is only as deep as the mind allows.” – Japanese Proverb
- “He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.” – Aristotle
- “Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.” – Babe Ruth
- “I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.” – William Allen White
- “The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” – Nelson Mandela
- “Fear cuts deeper than swords.” – George R.R. Martin
- “Fear loses its grip when you decide to stare it down and walk past it with determination.”
- “It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” – Marcus Aurelius
- “Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.” – Helen Keller
- “Fear has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Rise.’ The choice is yours.” – Zig Ziglar
- “The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear.” – Gandhi
- “Fear is a darkroom where negatives develop.” – Usman B. Asif
- “What you are afraid to do is a clear indication of the next thing you need to do.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Fear is an idea-crippling, experience-crushing, success-stalling inhibitor inflicted only by yourself.” – Stephanie Melish
- “Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” – Mark Twain
- “I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott
- “You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.” – Dale Carnegie
- “Fear is temporary. Regret is forever.” – Anonymous
- “Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.” – Brené Brown
- “Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Fear speaks in whispers; courage roars.”
- “Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.” – Pema Chodron
- “The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Fear is what stops you… courage is what keeps you going.” – Unknown
- “To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” – Bertrand Russell
- “Never let your fear decide your fate.”
- “Fear is a powerful beast. But we can learn to ride it.” – Justine Musk
- “The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.” – John C. Maxwell
- “Fear is a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life.” – Donald Miller
- “The fear of being different prevents most people from seeking new ways to solve their problems.” – Robert T. Kiyosaki
- “Fear, uncertainty, and discomfort are your compasses toward growth.” – Celestine Chua
- “Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.” – Rabindranath Tagore
- “Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.” – Mary Catherine Bateson
- “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” ― Marie Curie
- “Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.”― Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code
- “A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a shortcut to meet it.”― J.R.R. Tolkien
- “I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”― Veronica Roth, Allegiant“
I hope these quotes about fear inspire you to confront yours head-on. The potential for greatness awaits on the other side! Remember, it’s not about never feeling afraid, but about what you do when you’re faced the things that scare you the most.
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