Every person on the planet has some sort of fear. These ‘fear of the unknown’ quotes will serve as a motivator and also give the courage to sail through life’s challenges.
These fear may be related to one’s relationships, jobs, businesses, new products, or existing skills that could soon become obsolete.
So, we’ve put together a collection of fear of the unknown quotes to keep you motivated.
Fear of the Unknown Quotes
These sayings about being afraid of the unknown will motivate you to overcome your fear and bravely explore new locations.
However, one trait distinguishes some successful people from others: they face their fear and persist despite it.
The quotes are;
1. “There are only two forces that unite men — fear and interest.” – Napoleon
2. “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” – H.P. Lovecraft
3. “Many times, the thought of fear itself is greater than what it is we fear.”- Idowu Koyenikan
4. “Fear of the unknown and the other is the root of almost all hate. It is born of ignorance and fed by those who would keep us divided.”- Tinnekke Bebout.
5. “The greatest fear in life is not of death, but unsolicited change.”- Raheel Farooq.
6. “Fear sees, even when eyes are closed.”- Wayne Gerard Trotman
7. “Fear is the most potent weapon.”- Faraaz Kazier
8. “To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”- .
9. “You don’t fear change. You fear the unknown. If you knew the future would be great, you’d welcome the change to get there. Well, the future is great. Proceed.”- Joe Vitale.
10. “The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear – fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.”- H. L. Mencken. “Fear of the unknown quotes”
11. “Fear of the unknown is the greatest fear of all.”- Yvon Chouinard.
12. “You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.”- Dale Carnegie.
Motivational Quotes
13. “We all have a fear of the unknown what one does with that fear will make all the difference in the world.”- Lillian Russell.
14. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”- Franklin D. Roosevelt.
15. “There is always fear of the unknown.”- Berhan Ahmed.
16. “The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear – fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable.”- H. L. Mencken.
17. “Most people talk about fear of the unknown, but if there is anything to fear, it is the known.”- Deepak Chopra.
18. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”- Dale Carnegie.
19. “Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.”- Yoda.
20. “Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.”- J. K. Rowling
21. “Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.”- Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
22. “Almost all fear is fear of the unknown. Therefore, what’s the remedy? To become acquainted with the things you fear.”- Peace Pilgrim.
23. “I think fear of the unknown is the scariest thing.”- Katie Featherston.
24. “The fear of death is far greater than the death itself. But the fear of the unknown is the greatest fear of all!”- The Undertaker.
25. “Stress is a false perception of fear of the unknown.”- Debashish Mridha
26. “Fears are educated into us and can if we wish, be educated out.”- Karl Augustus Menninger.
27. “Fear of the unknown is a great creative partner.”- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.
28. “Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.”- Neil Armstrong.
Greatest Fear
29. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-and possibly the bogey man.”- Pat Paulsen.
30. “There are people with a lot of prejudice, a lot of fear of the unknown.”- Mario Vargas Llosa.
31. “You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.”- Ella Maillart.
32. “If we fear the unknown then surely, we fear ourselves.”- Bryant H. McGill.
33. “Do not fear the unknown, dare to be adventurous in life.”- Lailah Gifty Akita.
34. “There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching him and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man, always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange.”- Elias Canetti.
35. “Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.”- Pope John Paul II
Fear of the Unknown
36. “I don’t know what I don’t see, what I don’t fear!”- Henry James
37. “Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.”- John Lennon.
38. “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”- Plato.
39. “He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.”- Aristotle.
40. “Courage is knowing what not to fear.”- Plato.
41. Most people talk about fear of the unknown, but if there is anything to fear, it is the known.- Deepak Chopra
42. Almost all fear is fear of the unknown. Therefore, what’s the remedy? To become acquainted with the things you fear.- Peace Pilgrim
43. The fear of death is far greater than the death itself. But the fear of the unknown is the greatest fear of all!- The Undertaker
44. Fear of the unknown is the greatest fear of all.- Yvon Chouinard
45. Fear has been my biggest friend. Fear of the unknown. Whenever I’ve been afraid, I’ve been very self-protective.
46. “We all have a fear of the unknown. What one does with that fear will make all the difference in the world.”
47. “People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.”
48. “Fear can keep you up all night. But faith makes one fine pillow.”
49. “Most people talk about fear of the unknown, but if there is anything to fear, it is the known.”
50. “We do not have a fear of the unknown. What we fear is giving up the known.”
Fear Quotes
51. “Don’t fear the unknown. Embrace the opportunity. Failure is not permanent. It is the essence of learning.”
52. “Fear not the unknown. It is a sea of possibilities.”
53. “I don’t fear the unknown. I fear that what I do know is all that’s left.”
54. “If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?”
55. “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”
56. “Don’t let the fear of the unknown keep you from experiencing a life greater than you have ever known.”
57. “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”
58. “People need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want.”
59. “Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate leads to suffering.”
60. “My only fear is the unknown.”
61. “You can’t stop being afraid just by pretending everything that scares you isn’t there.”
62. “Don’t give in to your fears. If you do, you won’t be able to talk to your heart.”
63. “Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.”
64. “Don’t fear the unknown. Embrace the opportunity. Failure is not permanent, it is the essence of learning.”
65. “People are usually afraid of change because they fear the unknown, but the single greatest constant of history is that everything changes.”
66. “The fear of an unknown never resolves, because the unknown expands infinitely outward.”
Fear of Failure
67. “It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.”
68. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”
69. “People are supposed to fear the unknown, but ignorance is bliss when knowledge is so damn frightening.”
70. “Your greatest fears of created by your imagination. Don’t give in to them.”
71. “To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your path, and don’t worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest.”
72. “Always do what you are afraid to do.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
73. “You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.” – Dale Carnegie
74. “Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.” – W. Clement Stone
75. “Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it…that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.”
Inspirational Quotes
76. “The key to change….is to let go of fear.” – Rosanne Cash, quotes about fear change
77. “Somebody should tell us…right at the start of our lives…that we are dying. Then we might live to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.” – Michael Landon
78. “Fear is a darkroom where negatives develop.” – Usman B. Asif
79. “A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation… is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.” – George Matthew Adams “Fear of the unknown quotes”
80. “To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.” – Katherine Paterson
81. “He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
82. “Many of our fears are tissue-paper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them.” – Brendan Francis
83. “Panic at the thought of doing a thing is a challenge to do it.” – Henry S. Haskins
84. “You block 20. “It’s the silence that scares me. It’s the blank page on which I can write my own fears. The spirits of the dead have nothing on it. The dead one tried to show me hell, but it was a pale imitation of the horror I can paint on the darkness in a quiet moment.” — Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns
85. “We meet fear…We greet the unexpected visitor and listen to what he has to tell us. When fear arrives, something is about to happen.” — Leigh Bardugo
Encouragement Quotes
86. “It is always easier to be afraid of something you cannot see.” — Neil Gaiman, Coraline
87. “The unknown awakens in us a reptilian dread that plays out with the same ferocity on scales personal, societal, and civilizational, whether triggered by a new life-chapter or a new political regime or a new world order.” — Maria Popova, Figuring
88. “There are several ways to react to being lost. One is to panic… Another is to abandon yourself to lostness, to allow the fact that you’ve misplaced yourself to change the way you experience the world.” — Audrey Niffenegger
89. “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” — H.P. Lovecraft
90. “Look, everyone talks about the unknown like it’s some big scary thing, but it’s the familiar that’s always bothered me. It’s heavy, builds up around you like rocks, until it’s walls and a ceiling and a cell.” — V.E. Schwab
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