Dave Ramsey Quotes

Fear creates its own self-fulfilling dynamic- as people give into it, they lose energy and momentum. Their lack of confidence translates into inaction that lowers confidence levels even further, on and on.

People just hate the idea of losing. Any loss, even a small one, is just so terrible to contemplate that they compensate by buying insurance, including totally absurd policies like air travel.

It's tough sometimes for groups of people and animals to let go of that fear that can so easily bubble back up to the surface.

A level of anxiety and tension and outright fear that so many people have felt, not only during the recession but during this slow economic recovery since. This made me very much want to up the conversation about how miracle-minded thinking applies to that area of life.

Who would you trust right now? Which bank would you trust? Which investment would you trust? Do you really want to put your money; do you want to suffer more of these losses that we just had? You know, these volatility that we see is just unexplainable by any rational standards. Nobody has any clue about how to explain this, and nobody wants to experience that. So, we hold more money back, we don't necessarily want to invest in the market and by default, people are saving more.

The best client is a scared millionaire.

I have never met an aggressive person who wasn’t a fearful person.

Of all the passions, fear weakens judgment most.

There's nothing I'm afraid of like scared people.

Resistance is experienced as fear; the degree of fear equates to the strength of Resistance.

It is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires.

Those who feel guilty are afraid; and those who are afraid somehow feel guilty. To the onlooker, too, the fearful seem guilty.

This, I have seen in life - those who are overcautious about themselves fall into dangers at every step. Those who are afraid of losing honor and respect, get only disgrace; and those who are always afraid of loss, always lose.

I could see her get all nervous but she was also excited. Nightmares have that quality, don't they?

Death is a great tragedy…a profound loss…I don’t accept it…I think people are kidding themselves when they say they are comfortable with death.

One reason people never attempt new things is their fear of failure.

I'm curious about what makes people do things that they do, unless it's absolutely terrifying to me.

For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.

People still have existential anxiety. It just may not be expressed in Hebraic idiom.

Where there is fear there is aggression.

Fear can make you do more wrong than hate or jealousy. If you’re afraid you don’t commit yourself to life completely; fear makes you always, always hold something back. You shouldn’t be alone. It’s killing you; it’s undermining you. All the time, every day, you should be somewhere with people.

FEAR is an acronym in the English language for 'False Evidence Appearing Real'.

Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves.

The fear of loss is greater than the desire for gain.

You cease to be afraid when you cease to hope; for hope is accompanied by fear.