Quotes About Fear

Prudence which degenerates into timidity is very seldom the path to safety.

When you're my size in the pros, fear is a sign that you're not stupid.

Courage leads starward, fear toward death.

Courage is the ability to solve problems realistically in the presence of fear.

Courage is the right disposition toward fear.

Courage is never letting your actions be influenced by your fears.

Cowards cannot see that their greatest safety lies in dauntless courage.

There are at least two kinds of cowards. One kind always lives with himself, afraid to face the world. The other kind lives with the world, afraid to face himself.

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death. -General Omar N. Bradley This morning I threw up at a board meeting. I was sure the cat was out of the bag, but no one seemed to think anything about it; apparently it's quite common for people to throw up at board meetings.

A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.

A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.

Fear succeeds crime - it is its punishment.

To escape criticism - do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.

Danger for danger's sake is senseless.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.

A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumour, and survival a thing not beyond the bounds of possibility.

Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life.

Not all of your decisions will be correct. None of us is perfect. But if you get into the habit of making decisions, experience will develop your judgment to a point where more and more of your decisions will be right. After all, it is better to be right 51 percent of the time and get something done, than it is to get nothing done because you fear to reach a decision.

Some persons are very decisive when it comes to avoiding decisions.

I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which to creativeness. Other things being equal, I would make the decision which had the larger number of creative reasons on its side.

Disease is an experience of so-called mortal mind. It is fear made manifest on the body.

The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites.

The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that.... Accept that it's unknown, and it's plain sailing.

He who forecasts all perils will never sail the sea.