13 Motivational Quotes to Help You Face Your Fears

Have you noticed how worry never fixes anything?

Yet, worry is a feeling that many of us are all too familiar with.

It can range from a mild sense of unease to all-consuming anxiety, and it can feel like an unavoidable part of life.

But have you ever stopped to think about what exactly worry does for us?

The truth is, despite our best intentions, worry never actually fixes anything.

In fact, it often makes our problems feel even bigger and more overwhelming.

Yet we all worry - often needlessly as most of what we worry about never transpires.

So "stop worrying."

I know that’s easier said than done, to just stop….

Maybe these motivational quotes about fear—understanding it and facing it—can help:

“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

“It’s OKAY to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave.”  ― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass

“To escape fear, you have to go through it, not around.”  ― Richie Norton

“Fear never scaled one mountain, never stepped up on a stage, never accepted a challenge, never tilled new ground, never walked in a race; he never even dared to dream. Fear failed to slay a single dragon. Remember this before you choose to keep his company.”  ― Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons

"Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it." — Judy Blume

“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

“Fear echoes your self-defined limitations, not your actual ones. To change your self-image, you must face what scares you.”  ― Vironika Tugaleva

“Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them… they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.”
— Orison Swett Marden

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

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About Michael Yardney Michael is a director of Metropole Property Strategists who help their clients grow, protect and pass on their wealth through independent, unbiased property advice and advocacy. He's once again been voted Australia's leading property investment adviser and one of Australia's 50 most influential Thought Leaders. His opinions are regularly featured in the media.