What is a famous quote about overcoming fear?

Fear is a universal emotion that everyone experiences at some point in life. It has the power to paralyze us or propel us to greater heights. Overcoming fear is not about eliminating it entirely but learning to confront it with courage and resilience.  Let’s explore some motivational quotes that shine a light on the path to bravery and self-discovery.

68 motivational quotes about overcoming fear

1. Courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to act in spite of it. – Mark Twain
2. Do one thing every day that scares you. – Eleanor Roosevelt
3. Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. – George Addair
4. Fear is only as deep as the mind allows. – Japanese Proverb
5. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. – Nelson Mandela
6. Fears are nothing more than a state of mind. – Napoleon Hill
7. Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power. – Jim Morrison
8. You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. – Eleanor Roosevelt
9. To escape fear, you have to go through it, not around it. – Richie Norton
10. Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision. – Winston Churchill
11. Don’t let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game. – Babe Ruth
12. He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. – Muhammad Ali
13. Fear has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Rise.’ The choice is yours. – Zig Ziglar
14. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. – Helen Keller
15. A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self. – Charles Dickens
16. Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.  – Ralph Waldo Emerson
17. Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live. – Dorothy Thompson
18. Fear can keep us up all night long, but faith makes one fine pillow. – Philip Gulley
19. Fear is temporary. Regret is forever. – Unknown
20. Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear. – Mark Twain
21. Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter. – Francis Chan
22. Fear doesn’t shut you down; it wakes you up. – Veronica Roth
23. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. – Wayne Gretzky
24. Scared is what you’re feeling. Brave is what you’re doing. – Emma Donoghue
25. Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it. – Bear Grylls
26. Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. – John D. Rockefeller
27. Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen. – Brené Brown
28. Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood. – Marie Curie
29. We grow fearless by walking into our fears. – Robin Sharma
30. The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire, not things we fear. – Brian Tracy
31. The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. – Joseph Campbell
32. Let your faith be bigger than your fear. – Unknown
33. You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore. – William Faulkner
34. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
35. Face your fears, and the fears will disappear." – Zig Ziglar
36. Fear is the thief of dreams. – Brian Krans
37. Courage is grace under pressure. – Ernest Hemingway
38. Feel the fear and do it anyway. – Susan Jeffers
39. Fear is a liar. – Unknown
40. You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you. – Dan Millman
41. Action is the antidote to fear. – Joan Baez
42. I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. – Louisa May Alcott
43. Fear melts when you take action towards a goal you really want. – Robert G. Allen
44. Run towards your fears. Embrace them. On the other side of your greatest fears lives your greatest life. – Robin Sharma
45. Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. – German Proverb
46. To live is to confront fear. – Jonathan Sacks
47. If you are going through hell, keep going. – Winston Churchill
48. Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth. – Pema Chödrön
49. The enemy is fear. We think it is hate, but it is fear. – Mahatma Gandhi
50. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill
51. Fear is the path to the dark side. – Yoda
52. Fear cannot be banished, but it can be met with love. – Rainer Maria Rilke
53. You must do the thing you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt
54. Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It’s the mastery of fear. – Arianna Huffington
55. Fear is stupid, and so are regrets. – Marilyn Monroe
56. Do what you fear and fear disappears. – David Joseph Schwartz
57. Fear is the brain's way of saying that there is something important for you to overcome. – Rachel Huber
58. Leap, and the net will appear. – John Burroughs
59. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. – Bertrand Russell
60. Great things never come from comfort zones. – Unknown
61. Dream big and dare to fail. – Norman Vaughan
62. What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? – Vincent van Gogh
63. Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. – Dale Carnegie
64. Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying. – Roy T. Bennett
65. Fear kills more dreams than failure ever will. – Suzy Kassem
66. I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. – Nelson Mandela
67. Fear is a compass showing you where you need to grow. – Unknown
68. Don’t let fear be a prison; let it be a path to freedom. – Unknown

Conclusion 

Fear may feel like an insurmountable obstacle, but it’s often a sign that growth and transformation lie ahead. By embracing courage and drawing inspiration from the wisdom of others, we can overcome our fears and unlock our full potential.