Quotes About Fear

He told us that most of us would die violently, and those who did not would be brought down to the level of beasts.

In referance to flying through thunderstorms; "A pilot may earn his full pay for that year in less than two minutes. At the time of incident he would gladly return the entire amount for the privilege of being elsewhere.

There are no atheists in the foxhole.

There are wolves hiding in the gray flock that is - characters who still know what freedom is. Moreover, these wolves are not only strong in themselves; there is also the danger that one fine morning they will transmit their characteristics to the masses, so that the flock turns into a pack. This is a ruler's nightmare.

A hairdresser talking with the Doctoresse about the bombing: - "I'm not afraid of it. The dead are better off than we are." - "But you don't know that." - "Yes, I do. I'm sure of it because not a single one of them has ever returned.

Of course, no one is easier to terrorize than the person who believes that everything is over when his fleeting phenomenon is extinguished.

Si el miedo no existiera, carecería de sentido el valor; el miedo es la sombra oscura contra cuyo trasfondo aparece más multicolor y atrayente el riesgo.

el miedo es la sombra oscura contra cuyo trasfondo aparece más multicolor y atrayente el riesgo.

La fuerza y ??la salud habitan en los intrépidos. Por el contrario, el miedo asedia incluso a aquellos que se arman hasta los dientes, y a estos más que a otros

Hoy, como siempre, los que no temen a la muerte son infinitamente superiores a los más grandes exponentes de los poderes temporales

Dos grandes miedos dominan a los hombres cuando el nihilismo culmina. El uno consiste en el espanto ante el vacío interior, y que le obliga a manifestarse hacia afuera a cualquier precio por medio de despliegue de poder, dominio espacial y velocidad acelerada. El otro opera de fuera hacia dentro como ataque del poderoso mundo a la vez demoniaco y automatizado.

Ariosto's: 'A great heart feels no dread of approaching death, whenever it may come, so long as it be honourable.

No es en las horas más ruidosas cuando el Horror recorre el campo de batalla.

Ti amo col timore di perderti e con il sentimento di farti sprecare il tuo valore accanto a me. [La faccia delle nuvole]

La paura serve. Intanto è una forma di rispetto e anche di reverenza dovuta all'immensità del luogo che si attraversa. Il timore è la premessa della concentrazione. Non intralcia le mosse, ne aumenta la precisione.

Forty years ago this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam and millions died. I fear we're going down a rabbit hole once again - and if people can stop and think and reflect on some of the ideas and issues in this movie, perhaps I've done some damn good here!

What I want to say is simply that we are all surrounded by an ocean of abundance: knowledge, wisdom, ability, opportunities, material plenty. What a pity it is that people close themselves off from that spiritual environment. Keeping their gaze fixed on the ground, they trudge through a life burdened with worries, fears, and self-doubts.

We can become so afraid of death that we never live, so afraid of failure that we never risk, so afraid of pain that we never discover how strong we really are.

Average is always a safe choice, and it is the most dangerous choice you can make.

Far too often, when we think we are frightened by mystery, the fact is that we are haunted by history.

If we were bees, ants, or Lacedaemonian| warriors, to whom personal fear does not exist and cowardice is the most shameful thing in the world, warring would go on forever. But luckily we are only men — and cowards.

I don't like lazy rain. If it's going to rain, I want it to fall from the sky, screaming in terror as it bounces off the earth. Which sounds more morbid than it is.

Sometimes I think the greatest things God teaches us are only found when we realize that we were never in control in the first place. I think your need to control things is just your fear of the unknown. Don't miss out on the blessings He has for you just because you're scared.

I hesitate, I suppose it is only from a general dread of company. We all of us wish for it, in our solitude, but on the eve of a great visit, we shudder.