Quotes About Fear

Actually, I loved Chucky. It's one of the strangest movies I've ever seen.

When a dictatorship imprisons someone or makes them disappear, it's actually a very strategic move. We forget that. It's not as senseless as it seems. It's a way to silence someone, but also it's a way to silence their family as well, out of fear, and society by extension.

Grace scares a lot of people because it doesn't come with enough bullet points and three-part outlines for those who would rather not have to think too much.

Oh God, oh God..." Dana chanted

Help me!" he screamed

I'm haunted by things I've seen, but more haunted by those I haven't.

you're all gonna die because of me." Holden

Jules's hair and swinging her head across the floor in a blood-smearing arc. He slammed the door shut again, falling against it just as the thing smashed into

He wished he could've explained some of this. How he had been braver than he ever thought possible, but how he had not been so brave as he wanted to be. The distinction was important.

I was a coward. I went to the war.

This, though subsequently temporarily abandoned in favour of a resumption of the policy of frightfulness, meant that the unthinkable became first thinkable and then ultimately do-able.

Don't die. I'd be devastated to lose all my new weapons.

Marla had always been better at tearing things apart, at least in a physical level (though she liked to think she was good at building more theoretical things, like the complex structure of loyalty, fear, and obligation that kept things running back home).

I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you're afraid to the point where you censor yourself.

Here's the key: I'm not going to tell you how to change. People don't change. I want you to trust who you already are, and get to that Zone where you can shut out all the noise, all the negativity and fear and distractions and lies, and achieve whatever you want, in whatever you do.

you can't keep improving if you fear others will disapprove of what you're doing.

If you can tolerate fear and doubt and loneliness… Winning would like a word with you.

We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it." You embrace it. You trust yourself to handle whatever you're dealing with, and don't allow your fear to escalate into uncontrollable doubt. If you ever see me at a game, you'll see no emotion from me.

All day, every day, your mental battlefield is attacked by blasts of adrenaline and anger and fear and anxiety, and other explosives too. Stress. Insecurity. Doubt. Envy. Sometimes it's a stranger who puts them there. Sometimes it's someone close to you. Sometimes it's you. Most of the time, it's you.

There are four components of Winning that determine how you'll manage your fears and doubts and make that leap, or if you'll make it at all. Talent. Intelligence. Competitiveness. Resilience.

Fear shows up on its own. Doubt has to be invited. Fear heightens your awareness; it makes you alert. Doubt is the opposite; it slows you down and paralyzes your thinking.

Do the work. There is no privilege greater than the pressure to excel, and no greater reward than earning the respect and fear of others who can only stand in awe of your results.

Finally, thoughts also have an impact on your physical health. The subconscious mind tells the body what to do, how to feel, and which chemicals to create. When the subconscious mind converts a negative thought into fear and stress, the body produces the stress hormone cortisol. Over time, production of this hormone can lead to heart disease and digestive issues.

The thought does cross my mind that I could slip and end up cracking my head on the pavement just short of the pool, but if you're always going to worry about minor drawbacks, then you'll never accomplish anything.