Quotes About Fear

OVER-CAUTION. The person who takes no chances, generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing. Over-caution is as bad as under-caution. Both are extremes to be guarded against. Life itself is filled with the element of chance.

WHEN I FIRST CAME to the Sahara I was afraid of the night. For some, night means more work, for others dissipation, for still others insomnia, boredom. For me now it's quite different. Night is first of all rest, real rest. At sunset a great serenity sets in, as though nature were obeying a sudden sign from God.

The art of being a warrior is to balance the wonder and the terror of being alive.

Once you decide something put all your petty fears away. Your decision should vanquish them. I will tell you time and time again, the most effective way to live is as a warrior. Worry and think before you make any decision, but once you make it, be on your way free from worries or thoughts; there will be a million other decisions still awaiting you. That's the warrior's way. A warrior thinks of his death when things become unclear. The idea of death is the only thing that tempers our spirit.

A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war, wide awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance.

One of the Greatest Forces in the Lives of Warriors is Fear. It Spurs them to Learn.

In those days I learned that nothing is more frightening than a hero who lives to tell his story, to tell what all those who fell at his side will never be able to tell.

It's curious how easy it is to tell a piece of paper what you don't dare say to someone's face.

A good friend once told me that the problems are like cockroaches. If drawn to light, they'll get scared.

deep down nobody is bad, only frightened.

Old age is the lubricant of belief. When death knocks at the door, skepticism flies out the window. A serious cardiovascular fright and a person will even believe in Little Red Riding Hood.

H]e lay awake, dreading the dawn when he would have to say good-bye to the small universe he had built for himself over the years.

Every labyrinth has its minotaur

Me habló de sus dudas y de sus miedos, de cómo toda una vida le había enseñado que cuanto tenía por cierto era una simple ilusión y que había demasiadas lecciones que no valía la pena aprender.

The air seemed poisoned with fear and hatred. People eyed on another suspiciously, and the streets smelled of a silence that knotted your stomach.

Those times, against all expectations, were turning out to be good times. Then he felt afraid, because he knew they couldn't last long and those stolen drops of happiness and peace would evaporate.

A good friend once told me that problems are like cockroaches. If you bring them out into the light, they get scared and leave.

As he took them in his arms, the crying of the babies permeated the night like a trail of blood calling out to a predator.

Milyen érdekes, hogy az ember oly könnyen kiönti a szívét egy darab papírnak, miközben szemtÅ'l szemben megszólalni sem mer.

Nothing is more surprising or frightening than what one already knows.

El tiempo no nos hace más sabios, sólo más cobardes

A good friend once told me that problems are like cockroaches," he said in the joking tone he used when he wanted to say something serious. "If you bring them out into the light, they get scared and leave.

Nothing makes us believe more than fear, the certainty of being threatened. When we feel like victims, all our actions and beliefs are legitimized, however questionable they may be.

Time doesn't make us wiser, only more cowardly.