Circle Of Fear

Stress makes you stupid. - Unknown

A new-born calf fears not the tiger. - Unknown

Talking about my fears to others feeds it. - Sylvia Plath

The man who fears losing has already lost. - George R.R. Martin

Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie. - David Mamet

He who has overcome his fears will truly be free. - Aristotle

Face your fears or they will climb over your back. - Frank Herbert

Don't take counsel of your fears or naysayers. - Colin Powell

The common person fears to think beyond the common. - Bryant McGill

He that fears not the future may enjoy the present. - Thomas Fuller

People who avoid their fears also avoid their power. - Timothy Roderick

Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death. - Unknown

A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Always chase your dreams instead of running from your fears. - Unknown

Everyone has certain fears, certain things that one cannot abide. - Takayuki Ikkaku

Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears. - Arthur Koestler

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears. - Michel de Montaigne

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears. - François de La Rochefoucauld

That which one fears, one typically won't embrace with open arms. - Morgan Rhodes

Man fools himself. He prays for a long life, and he fears an old age. - Chinese Proverb

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. - Les Brown

Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness. - Richard Carlson

At the sum of all fears, the only thing that is painted... is a reflection of you. - Lionel Suggs

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. - William James

Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart. - Paulo Coelho

My eyes in tears
Heart never sighs
My mind never fears
I conquer the lies - Munia Khan

Stress exacerbates any problem, whether it's diabetes, heart trouble, MS, or whatever. - Mary Ann Mobley

The same hot lightning that burns your blood with passion–– cools your fears with peace. - Aberjhani

The rose is fairest when 't is budding new, and hope is brightest when it dawns from fears. - Walter Scott

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future. - Anatole France

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. - Francis Bacon

Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination than in reality. - Seneca

The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true. - Christopher Paolini

People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams. - Norman Cousins

Fears don't exist in isolation. They tend to rise and fall depending on what people think they can do about them. - Peter Beinart

Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don't base your self-esteem on their opinions. - Harvey Mackay

What are fears but voices airy?
Whispering harm where harm is not.
And deluding the unwary
Till the fatal bolt is shot! - William Wordsworth

Keep your sense of humor. There's enough stress in the rest of your life to let bad shots ruin a game you're supposed to enjoy. - Amy Alcott

One of my biggest fears is that I'm going to die alone in my home, and my cats will eat me because I am too dead to open their food cans. - Kelli Jae Baeli

To be a champion, you have to learn to handle stress and pressure. But if you've prepared mentally and physically, you don't have to worry. - Harvey Mackay