Quotes About Fear

The first light of day today revealed what we had feared. The devastation is greater than our worst fears. It's just totally overwhelming.

Stage fright is my worst problem. A voice is very intimate. It's something of your own. So there's always this fear, because you feel naked. There's a fear of not reaching up to expectations.

My worst fear is my music won't connect with the public.

That's always the actor's worst nightmare: that what they're working on is going to be the last thing they'll ever work on. No lie. So I was very excited to land 'Girlfriends' Guide' immediately.

The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it. It's scary.

The Miguel Syjuco character is not me. I wanted him to represent my own fears and frustrations and guilt, my own worst tendencies and my optimistic expectations. He's a cautionary tale for me. But he's also an examination of the darkest things that haunt me as a person.

One of the worst days of my life was telling Dick Ebersol I was going to TNT.

The most valuable thing I can share is the importance of living in truth. Sometimes, facing those truths can actually be your worst fear.

Fear brings out the best in some people and the worst in others. It's a test of character, for individuals and nations.

One of my worst fears is being a self-indulgent person.

Ever since I can remember, over-expectation and pressure have been my worst enemies.

The thought of someone I love getting sick and dying, and me never getting a chance to see them before it's too late? That is truly my worst nightmare.

When I like someone a lot, I get scared that I'll let them down. My fear of sucking is worst when I feel like someone thinks I'm good.

As every scuba diver knows, panic is your worst enemy: when it hits, your mind starts to thrash and you are likely to do something really stupid and self-destructive.

Stage fright is my worst problem.

When the headache persisted, I checked myself into an emergency room. When the doctor used the term 'brain tumour', I feared the worst. My whole world shrank around me.

Well, I think again, the worst part of it was just leading up to it, before we got on set, at least for me... dreading this idea that I was just going to suck and I really had strong feelings about that. I just didn't want to be that weak link.

Death by rats would be the worst.

Having your worst nightmares kind of come true is truly liberating.

We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the worst that can happen?

I guess the worst moment I ever had in business was the fear that Southwest Airlines wouldn't get off the ground.

Kids are a great analogy. You want your kids to grow up, and you don't want your kids to grow up. You want your kids to become independent of you, but it's also a parent's worst nightmare: That they won't need you. It's like the real tragedy of parenting.

Being anxious is the worst feeling in the world.

Before, I would literally watch people ringing me trying to help me, but I wouldn't take the calls. It's the worst place to be, having that fear that it's never going to get better. You have to talk.