Words of Wisdom on Fear
In developing our seminars and
keynote
presentations, we are fortunate to run across many words of wisdom.
If you need a refreshing thought, idea, slogan, or profound nugget for an
upcoming meeting, presentation, or lunch room bulletin board, take a look at the
following words of wisdom on fear.
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Wisdom.
Random Thoughts on Fear
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built
the ark, professionals built the Titanic.
~ Unknown.
Never fear shadows ... they simply mean there's a light
shining somewhere nearby.
~ Unknown.
Nothing is so much to be feared as fear.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest
fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
~ Marianne Williamson
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
~ Aristotle
The fear of being wrong is the prime inhibitor of the creative
process.
~ Jean Bryant.
FEAR is an acronym: False Expectations Appearing Real.
~ Anonymous
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
~ Bertrand Russell
Fear is interest paid on a debt you may not owe.
~ Anonymous
Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.
~ Michael Pritchard
The most destructive element in the human mind is fear. Fear
creates aggressiveness.
~ Dorothy Thompson
Fear gives a small thing a big shadow.
~ Swedish proverb.
Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile ...
initially scared me to death.
~ Betty Bender
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience
in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which
you think you cannot do.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up,
this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
~ Rosa Parks
Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. That's where the fruit
is.
~ H. Jackson Browne
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and
your belief will help create the fact.
~ Henry James
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not
due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power
to revoke at any moment.
~ Marcus Aurelius
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
~ Marie Curie
Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the
world.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with
others.
~ Robert Louis Stevenson
One will never reach distant shores, if he chooses to remain
upon the dock, In fear his little ship of dreams may be dashed against the
rocks.
~ F. Bolen
