Liputan6.com, Jakarta - Do you ever feel afraid or nervous about something? Many people do, and that's completely normal. Fear is a natural emotion that everyone experiences at some point in their lives. But, did you know that there are many inspirational quotes about fear that can help you feel stronger and more confident?
Quotes about fear provide wisdom and encouragement from people who have faced their own fears and overcome them. These quotes can give you a new perspective on fear and help you find the courage to move forward. Whether it's a fear of failure, a fear of the unknown, or a fear of taking risks, there are quotes that can inspire you to face your fears head-on.
In this article, we have selected some of the best and most powerful quotes about fear from various sources, Thursday (5/2/2026). These quotes will embrace your heart and encourage you to conquer your fear.
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A. Short Quotes About Fear
1. "Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. "A boat is safe in the harbor. But this is not the purpose of a boat." - Paulo Coelho
3. "He who has overcome his fears will truly be free." - Aristotle
4. "The experience of overcoming fear is extraordinarily delightful." - Bertrand Russell
5. "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear." - Mark Twain
6. "How very little can be done under the spirit of fear." - Florence Nightingale
7. "Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live." - Dorothy Thompson
8. "I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship." - Louisa May Alcott
9. "Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind." - Dale Carnegie
10. "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anais Nin
11. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
12. "Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman." - Marian Anderson
13. "The two greatest fear busters are knowledge and action" - Denis Waitley
14. "Cowards die many times before their actual deaths." - Julius Caesar
15. "Everything you want is on the other side of fear." - Jack Canfield
16. "Fear is a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life." - Donald Miller
17. "The key to change is to let go of fear." - Rosanne Cash
18. "You must do the things you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt
19. "Hurry and fear will instantly cut your connect with the universal mind." - Wallace D. Wattles
20. "Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it." - Bill Cosby
21. "Only the self-deceived will claim perfect freedom from fear." - Bill W.
22. "All forms of fear produce fatigue." - Bertrand Russell
23. "Facing your fears robs them of their power." - Mark Burnett
24. "Fear of failure leads to failure." - Paulo Coelho
25. "Fear of failure leads to failure." - Paulo Coelho
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B. Motivational Quotes About Fear
1. "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
2. "Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears." - Rudyard Kipling
3. "Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears." - Les Brown
4. "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." - George Lucas
5. "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." - Nelson Mandela
6. "Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people." - Anwar Sadat
7. "FEAR is an acronym in the English language for 'False Evidence Appearing Real'." - Neale Donald Walsch
8. "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
9. "The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety." - H. L. Mencken
10. "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
11. "One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do." - Henry Ford
12. "In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure." - Bill Cosby
13. "Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened." - Billy Graham
14. "He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
15. "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
16. "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
17. "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." - Winston Churchill
18. "If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy." - Dale Carnegie
19. "Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
20. "He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all." - Miguel de Cervantes
21. "People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams." - Norman Cousins
22. "How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives." - Judy Blume
23. "We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality." - Seneca the Elder
24. "It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It is the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance." - Bette Midler
25. "The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything." - Frank Sinatra
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