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Fear Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

73 Fear quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson writes that fear can be a teacher. He says fear sharpens wisdom and can spark revolutions, and that a hero is someone who feels fear but does not run away. He warns against wasting life in doubt and urges us to face fear directly.

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Do what you fear and your fear will die.

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Fear always springs from ignorance.

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A hero is a man who is afraid to run away.

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Knowledge is the antidote to fear

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A man is known by the books he reads.

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Fear is a great instructor.

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O friend, never strike sail to a fear!

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Fear is cruel and mean.

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Fear God, and where you go men shall think they walk in hallowed cathedrals.

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Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

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All infractions of love and equity in our social relations are ... punished by fear.

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Fear is an instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions.

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“He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.”

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Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.

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Knowledge is the antidote to fear,- Knowledge, Use and Reason, with its higher aids.

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Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

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All infractions of love and equity in our social relations are speedily punished-by fear...be honest with a man and you have no…

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Pain is superficial, and therefore fear is. The torments of martyrdoms are probably most keenly felt by the by-standers.

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They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in life who does not every day surmount…

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Our fear of death is like our fear that summer will be short, but when we have had our swing of pleasure,…

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The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear. It is the storm…

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The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for the deliverance from fear. It is…

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Every day brings a ship, Every ship brings a word; Well for those who have no fear, Looking seaward well assured That…

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You've got to be taught to be afraid Of people whose eyes are oddly made And people whose skin is a different…

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I would put myself in the attitude to look in the eye an abstract truth, and I cannot. I blench and withdraw…

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“Life goes headlong. We chase some flying scheme, or we are hunted by some fear or command behind us. But if suddenly…

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What a man does, that he has. What has he to do with hope or fear? In himself is his might. Let…

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Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.…

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Each is liable to panic, which is exactly, the terror of ignorance surrendered to the imagination. Knowledge is the encourager, knowledge that…

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If I quake, what matters it what I quake at? Our proper vice takes form in one or another shape, according to…

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When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is…

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Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special…

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“If there is any period one would desire to be born in, ⎯ is it not the age of Revolution; when the…

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The key to the age may be this, or that, or the other, as the young orators describe; the key to all…

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“Fear and hope are alike beneath it. There is somewhat low even in hope. In the hour of vision, there is nothing…

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Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.…

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We cannot describe the natural history of the soul, but we know that it is divine. All things are known to the…

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Fear, Craft and Avarice Cannot rear a State.

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Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

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“He who is not every day conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.”

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A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.

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No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews.

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I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

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