Quotes About Fear

You do not put off things because they threaten you, because you are afraid; It was a rule of life.

Fear of God is thrown away," lamented Brigitta in Rome, "and in its place is a bottomless bag of money." All the Ten Commandments, she said, had been reduced to one: "Bring hither the money.

There was an aura about 1914 that caused those who sensed it to shiver for mankind. Tears came even to the most bold and resolute.

the plague was not the kind of calamity that inspired mutual help. Its loathsomeness and deadliness did not herd people together in mutual distress, but only prompted their desire to escape each other.

If they are afraid of revision in the laboratory, truth will never be released except by accident.

Fear and horror of the franc-tireur sprang from the German feeling that civil resistance was essentially disorderly. If there has to be a choice between injustice and disorder, said Goethe, the German prefers injustice.

Our misconception in viewing the past lies in assuming that doubt and fear, permit, protests, violence and hate were not equally present.

executions were meant as an exercise in frightfulness according to the theory developed by the Emperor Caligula: "Oderint dum metuant" (Let them hate us as long as they fear us).

Kitchener up to London, but could not yet nerve himself

Society's revenge matched its fright.

As a writer, I will go down any dark alley, inch my way through the tightest crawl space, and feed on your every fear. I will take your sense of calm and tear it to shreds. - Horror Author Barbara Watkins

My biggest nightmare is I'm driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: 'Please help me.' And the people say: 'Hey, you look like...' And I'm dying while they're wondering whether I'm Barbra Streisand.

Another thing to avoid at all times — before, during and after this fear phase — is pulling back on your dog's leash when meeting friendly dogs or people. This common puppy-owner mistake will actually increase a puppy's fear or make him aggressive. He needs your upbeat voice telling him all's well in his world.

My friend, there is nothing to fear in death. It is no harder than a trip to a foreign country—the first trip—to one who has grown oldish and settled in the habits of his own more or less narrow corner of the world.

Do not fear death; but stay on earth as long as you can.

There are horrors out here—far worse than the horrors on earth.

I would slake my thirst sometimes at the wells of old remembrance; But the water is so deep I fear to fall therein.

This was another of our fears: that Life wouldn't turn out to be like Literature.

Southern racists were able to protect murderers only because their legislators exploited fears of centralized power.

When you change your focus from limitations to boundless possibilities, from doubt and fear to love and confidence, you open your world in entirely new ways. You stop worrying about fixing what's wrong with you and start living from all that's right within you.

It was, however, the long, long nights, far more than the wonderful days, which impregnated my future--the dark, still nights full of hints and fine transitions, shadowy terrors, fleeting visions and marvelous dreams.

It's all about fear. That same fear that gays have about coming out is the fear that women have about being feminists or being pro-women. It's the same fear that Jews have about being too Jewish. And it's the same exact fear that black writers have about being too ethnic.

Serenity is the great and true antidote against anguish and fear, and today, more than ever, it is the architect's duty to make of it a permanent guest in the home, no matter how sumptuous or how humble.

But to be the best, you must face the best. And to overcome your fear, you must deal with the best.