Quotes About Fear

The reason behind the need to dominate others derives from a terror of being dominated by them.

Fearing the transition, being afraid of death, is like being afraid of reality itself; like being afraid of the sun. Whatever for?

Our fear of death seems to me to be an error of evolution.

The heroes of all myths face doubts. They feel that they have a calling but they do not know whether they can live up to their destinies. The drama of the psychological birth of the hero is facing fear, doubt, and hesitation; knowing that reaching for the stars entails the risk of failure, ridicule, even injury or death; and knowing that by not trying, you forfeit the possibility of greatness.

El tiempo transcurrió, y mi vida tenía un gran vacío, existía temor en mi corazón. Mis metas en la vida eran tener paz y felicidad y creía que podría alcanzarlas a través del éxito y del reconocimiento en el trabajo. Por lo tanto, trabajé muchísimo creyendo que con la adquisición de bienes y la acumulación de dinero sería finalmente feliz.

Was it possible that, coming to America with certain illusions of equality, I had slowly succumbed to the hypnotic effects of racial fear?

A warrior never worries about his fear.

The aim is to balance the terror of being alive with the wonder of being alive.

In a world where death is the hunter, my friend, there is no time for regrets or doubts. There is only time for decisions.

A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war: wide-awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance. Going to knowledge or going to war in any other manner is a mistake, and whoever makes it might never live to regret it

But if at the end of the day you are still too scared to raise your prices, I can tell you it's because you are selling a commodity and not an added value with an emotional benefit your clients want

Dulce resulta la vida cuando no hay temor a la muerte. El mito del Tártaro es vano. Hay que reírse de la muerte igual que de una máscara que aterroriza a los niños. También ella parece que va a morder, pero no muerde.

Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue." —Former U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski (11) "I

Don't be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything.

The truth is, I was afraid the day I walked into Stanford. And I was afraid the day I walked out.

I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack.

People tend to grow fearful, when they taste failure, face a daunting challenge or fall ill. Yet, that is precisely the time to become even bolder. Those who are victors at heart are the greatest of all champions!!!!

When anything bad happens, my insecurities come flooding out.

a veces tengo miedo de sentir el dualismo de fuerzas que me impulsan

Terminar una cosa sería no quedarse con temor de ella. Porque nada se termina ni se concluye, todo se enlaza revueltamente. Todo se va, pero sin haber terminado, y la cola de lo no terminado remueve lo siguiente.

Casi no se atrevía a respirar, allí escondida. La verdad es que era una emoción mezclada de miedo. Pero miss Lunatic le había dicho que, frente a las aventuras nuevas, siempre se siente algo de miedo y que no hay más remedio que vencerlo.

Plantation owners were thus notorious for "barbarities such as scalding, burning, castrating, and extracting the tongues or eyes of slaves." 23 That combination of the insatiable desire for enormous profits coupled with the sadistic brutalization of bonded African labor created an overwhelming fear among whites of the enslaved's capacity and desire for retribution. And they needed to be fearful.

It denied the enslaved the right to bear arms; ignored the right to self-defense for Black people; and put in place a "large-scale military machinery," the militia, "to crack down [on] any conspiracies or uprisings." 15 As early as 1639, Virginia prohibited Africans from carrying guns because "what white Southerners feared the most … [was] an armed black man unafraid to retaliate against both the system of slavery and those who fought to defend it.

Right then he had a revelation: "They all hate black people, all of them. They're all afraid, all of them. Great God! That's it! They're all Southern! The whole United States is Southern!"17