9 Quotes that will Help You Overcome Your Fear

What is fear? Why is it hard to throw away? For one, fear is a universal enemy that hinders success. It tears down even the toughest of hearts.

It is like a barrier that keeps us away from who we want to be. It can do a lot of harm to us and we need to do something about it.

Indeed, you need to overcome it! There is no turning back if we want to face our fears!

Let me share nine of my most favorite quotes for fighting your fears.

“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”

— Bertrand Russell

“Fears are educated into us, and can, if we wish, be educated out.”

— Karl Augustus Menninger

“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

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

― Franklin D. Roosevelt

“First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself – nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.”

― Franklin D. Roosevelt

“He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.”

― Aristotle

“Have no fear of the future. Let us go forward into its mysteries, tear away the veils which hide it from our eyes, and move onwards with confidence and courage.”

― Winston Churchill

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”

― Mark Twain

People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams because they feel that they don’t deserve them, or that they’ll be unable to achieve them.

― Paulo Coelho