Top 100 Fear Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “F-E-A-R has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Rise.’ The choice is yours.”

— Zig Ziglar

2. “Being scared is part of being alive. Accept it. Walk through it.”

— Robin S. Sharma

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3. “Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life. All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear.”

— Swami Vivekananda

Also featured in: Overcoming Fear Quotes

4. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.”

— Marianne Williamson

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5. “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

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6. “Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.”

— Stephen King

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7. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.”

— Dale Carnegie

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8. “Bran thought about it. ‘Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?’ ‘That is the only time a man can be brave,’ his father told him.”

— George R.R. Martin

Also featured in: Fiction Quotes, Hero Quotes

9. “The empty, the angry, the lonely, the tricked, we are all museums of fear.”

— Charles Bukowski

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10. “We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.”

— Stephen King

11. “The scariest moment is always just before you start.”

— Stephen King

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12. “Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.”

— Les Brown

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13. “Fear is the mind-killer.”

— Frank Herbert

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14. “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”

— Joseph Campbell

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15. “If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.”

— Kobe Bryant

Also featured in: Failure Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Motivational Monday Quotes, Performance Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

16. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”

— Solomon

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17. “Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.”

— Jim Morrison

Also featured in: Deep Quotes, Overcoming Fear Quotes, Freedom Quotes

18. “Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don’t let these feelings stop them.”

— T. Harv Eker

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19. “Being fearless is having a lot of fears, but you jump anyway.”

— Taylor Swift

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20. “Courage is fear that has said its prayers and decided to go forward anyway.”

— Joyce Meyer

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21. “As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.”

— Chanakya

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22. “Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one that is going to require the most from you. Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live it?”

— Caroline Myss

Also featured in: Choices Quotes, Overcoming Fear Quotes, Risk-Taking Quotes

23. “Fear cuts deeper than swords.”

— George R.R. Martin

24. “It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.”

— Niccolò Machiavelli

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25. “For the night is dark and full of terrors.”

— George R.R. Martin

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26. “The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Deep Quotes About Life, Short Quotes About Life, Mindset Quotes

27. “If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”

— Dale Carnegie

Also featured in: Live Life Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes, Moving Forward Quotes, Determination Quotes

28. “Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Self-Realization Quotes, Be Yourself Quotes

29. “The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.”

— John Bingham

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30. “Just because you feel fear doesn’t mean you can’t do it. Do it afraid.”

— Joyce Meyer

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31. “The remarkable thing about God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else.”

— Oswald Chambers

32. “Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Mindset Quotes, Empowerment Quotes, Positive Thinking Quotes

33. “You can’t be afraid of people willing to hurt you, cause if you fear life, then you will never live.”

— Chester Bennington

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34. “Don’t worry, don’t be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride.”

— Bill Hicks

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35. “Fear depends on time for its strength! Confront that which you fear with speed.”

— Grant Cardone

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36. “It’s OKAY to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave.”

— Mandy Hale

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Women, Emotion Quotes, Positive Thinking Quotes, Monday Motivation Quotes

37. “So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

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38. “And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.”

— Paulo Coelho

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39. “When you fear God you fear nothing else!”

— Oswald Chambers

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40. “Whatever you fear most has no power. It is your fear that has the power.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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41. “Any fear is an illusion. You think something is standing in your way, but nothing is really there. What is there is an opportunity to do your best and gain some success.”

— Michael Jordan

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42. “What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.”

— Tim Ferriss

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Courage Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Motivational Quotes About Life

43. “Put your foot upon the neck of the fear of criticism by reaching a decision not to worry about what other people think, do, or say.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Positive Thinking Quotes, Quotes for Better Decisions, Moving Forward Quotes, Individuality Quotes

44. “Action cures fear. Indecision, postponement, on the other hand, fuel fear.”

— David J. Schwartz

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45. “The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.”

— Frank Sinatra

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Short Positive Quotes, Boldness Quotes, Self-Belief Quotes

46. “Behind every fear, there is a miracle waiting.”

— Marianne Williamson

Also featured in: Transformation Quotes, Miracle Quotes, Feel Better Quotes

47. “Fear is faith in reverse gear.”

— Napoleon Hill

48. “Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.”

— Naguib Mahfouz

Also featured in: Deep Quotes

49. “Be a hero. Always say, ‘I have no fear.’ Tell this to everyone – ‘Have no fear.’”

— Swami Vivekananda

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50. “Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid.”

— Frederick Buechner

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