INSPIRING QUOTES ON FEAR

Fear

• “When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. ” - Audre Lorde
• “Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.” - Marian Anderson
• “African women in general need to know that it’s OK for them to be the way they are – to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.” - Wangari Maathai
• ‎”When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.” – African Proverb
• “Whatever you fear most has no power – it is your fear that has the power. The thing itself cannot touch you. But if you allow your fear to seep into your mind and overtake your thoughts, it will rob you of your life.” - Oprah Winfrey
• “When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us.” — bell hooks
• “Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.” - Maya Angelou
• “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