Fear in Stoicism Quotes

"The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it."

"The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely."

"Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one."

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response."

"Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it's having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome."

"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all."

"The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition."

"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself."

"What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do."

"Fear is my greatest motivator. It is the fuel that drives me to do the things I do not want to do."

"F-E-A-R has two meanings: 'Forget Everything And Run' or 'Face Everything And Rise.' The choice is yours."

"Your fear is the most boring thing about you because it is the same as everyone else's fear."

"Don't let your mind control you. Control your mind. Discipline is the only way to overcome the fear of the unknown."

"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face."

"Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain."

"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage."

"The best way out is always through."

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'"

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."

"Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision."

"Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear."

"The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid."

"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things."

"The secret to happiness is freedom... and the secret to freedom is courage."

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear."

"Fear is a giant shadow which the sun of knowledge will eventually dissipate."

"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers."

"The fears we don't face become our limits."

"Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear."