Quotes About Fear

You don't know how paralyzing that is, that stare of a blank canvas, which says to the painter, 'You can't do a thing'.

Güç iÅŸe giriÅŸmek iyi geliyor bana. Ama gene de - aç?kça söyleyeyim mi? - korkunç bir din ihtiyac? duyuyorum - onun için de geceleri sokaÄŸa ç?k?p y?ld?zlar? boyamaya gidiyorum, hep de böyle bir resim tasarl?yorum kafamda bir grup canl? arkadaÅŸ figürüyle…

Sua alma, seu espírito, não estão a serviço de seu pincel, mas seu pincel é que está a serviço de seu espírito. Assim também a tela é que tem medo do bom pintor e não o pintor da tela.

So I have a horror of success.

the fear of madness passes from me considerably upon seeing from close at hand those who are affected with it, as I may very easily be in the future.

Victor Hugo says God is an eclipsing lighthouse, and certainly now we are passing through that eclipse. I only wish that someone could prove to us something calming which comforted us, so that we stopped feeling guilty or unhappy and that we could go forward without losing ourselves in the solitude or nothingness, and without having to fear every step, or to nervously calculate the harm we may unintentionally be doing to others.

All right, but think of the winter, for here you can work all year round. The reason why I love this country is that I have less to fear from the cold, which, because it stops my blood circulating properly, makes it impossible for me to think or even do anything at all.

Indeed, illness or death holds no terror for me, but happily for us, ambition is not compatible with the callings we follow. There are so many people in all classes of society, from the highest to the lowest, who believe that, anyway.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

Death is just another country… And God's taking care of things there, the same as here. God's in charge of getting people from one place to another. You don't need to worry about it, or be afraid of it. … That's why I'm not afraid of death anymore. I like hanging out with it, sort of like walking a fence line, knowing that the property you're looking at will be yours before long.

I can work myself up into a fearful, paralyzing state of mind that can last for days, weeks even months where I feel mad, totally isolated and alone, overwhelmed and completely out of control.

Mon cas n'est pas unique : j'ai peur de mourir et je suis navrée d'être au monde. Je n'ai pas travaillé, je n'ai pas étudié. J'ai pleuré, j'ai crié. Les larmes et les cris m'ont pris beaucoup de temps.

My case is not unique: I am afraid of dying and distressed at being in the world.

Le atemorizaban las presencias porque podían fundirse en ausencia

Rumor, than which no evil flies more swiftly. She flourishes as she flies, gains strength by mere motion. Small at first and in fear, she soon rises to heaven, Walks upon land and hides her head in the clouds.

Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.

A snake lurks in the grass.

I shudder to say it.

Night, pitch-black, lies upon the deep.

Do not trust the horse, Trojans Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts.

Latet anguis in herba. (There's a snake hidden in the grass)

I must speak to the dark.

You know how you want something so much and you're afraid of it too?