Quotes About Fear

They were in my briefcase, in the trunk, but I was hesitant to get out of the car. I was much taller than the policeman, and he might make my height a cause for provocation

Australian inland taipan is the most poisonous snake on earth—its bite will kill you in seconds. But none of this ought seriously to deter anyone from confronting the outback on foot, or even on all fours.

Yet the Eastern brown snake—second most toxic in the world—was an unprepossessing reptile.

It is my suspicion that people who are glamoured by big cities and think of themselves as urbane and thoroughly metropolitan are at heart country mice—simple, fearful, overdomesticated provincials, dazzled by city lights.

I said that. "A veces, las personas—los paracaidistas—mueren." Sometimes the skydivers die. Dieter seemed pleased that I had challenged him

The fear of exposing one's private life gives way to the desire to over-expose it to every one.

Zelda is worried about the regular death that happens when you grow too old. -Henry

Life was not safe and nothing could make it so, neither fashionable dresses nor bank accounts. The baseline of human life was courage.

What lover would not be terrified if he were to weigh for one moment the full implication of his declaration, which is not made lightly, to commit himself for life?

A René por el contrario, se le veía ciego de deseo ante ella, paralizado por un amor que él no había conocido hasta entonces, un amor lleno de inquietud, inseguro de ser correspondido y temeroso de desagradar.

IT IS A FEARFUL THING TO FALL INTO THE HANDS OF THE LIVING GOD No

a worrisome, uncertain love, one he was far from sure was requited, a love that acts not, for fear of offending.

If you never take a risk, you will never know what changes you need to make.

it is only courage on the path itself that makes the path appear

How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.

Yes, my mind was wandering. I wished I were there with someone who could bring peace to my heart someone with whom I could spend a little time without being afraid that i would lose him the next day. With that reassurance, the time would pass more slowly. We could be silent for a while because we'd know we had the rest of our lives together for conversation. I wouldn't have to worry about serious matters, about difficult decisions and hard words.

We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.

And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.

Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because we don't know what to do with it.

You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say. That way, you'll never have to fear an unanticipated blow.

People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them.

Wait. This was the first lesson I had learned about love. The day drags along, you make thousands of plans, you imagine every possible conversation, you promise to change your behavior in certain ways -- and you feel more and more anxious until your loved one arrives. But by then, you don't know what to say. The hours of waiting have been transformed into tension, the tension has become fear, and the fear makes you embarrassed about showing affection.

If you want to control someone, all you have to do is to make them feel afraid.

Talent is a universal gift, but it takes a lot of courage to use it. Don't be afraid to be the best.