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Quotes About Fear

The coward dies a thousand deaths, the valiant, only once!
~ William Shakespeare
Courage is telling our story, not being immune to criticism.
~ Brene Brown
Loving and accepting ourselves are the ultimate acts of courage.
~ Brene Brown
Fear, the worst of all enemies can be effectively cured by forced repetition of acts of courage
~ Napoleon Hill
Courage is doing your duty in the face of fear.
~ Dennis Rainey
Most people believe vulnerability is weakness. But really vulnerability is Courage. We must ask ourselves...are we willing to show up and be seen.
~ Brene Brown
Courage is a finite resource, it is exhausted by the terrors we face.
~ Derrick Bell
Courage mounteth with occasion.
~ William Shakespeare
Courage is a virtue only so far as it is directed by prudence.
~ Francois de Fenelon
It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.
~ James A. Michener
The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.
~ Unknown
Anyone can die. It's living that requires courage.
~ Nobuhiro Watsuki
Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.
~ John Dryden
Hatred and fear blind us. We no longer see each other. We see only the faces of monsters, and that gives us the courage to destroy each other.
~ Nhat Hanh
Talent is a universal gift, but it takes a lot of courage to use it. Don't be afraid to be the best.
~ Paulo Coelho
Courage in danger is half the battle. [Lat., Bonus animus in mala re, dimidium est mali.]
~ Plautus
Courage is a strange thing: One can never be sure of it
~ Raymond Chandler
We each need to make our lion's roar - to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and sorrows and fears - to declare our right to awaken.
~ Jack Kornfield
Everyone became brave from excess of terror.
~ Gustave Flaubert
I'll know how to die with courage; that is easier than living.
~ Georg Buchner
There is danger in courage. Cowardice is a power for good. We hardly know what it prevents.
~ Ivy Compton-Burnett
That's what courage is. If she weren't scared, she wouldn't need courage in the first place." -Jo
~ Nicholas Sparks, Safe Haven
you cannot confuse bravery or courage with lack of fear. Real courage, true bravery is doing things in spite of fear, knowing fear.
~ Maia Wojciechowska
Instead of antiquated notions of physical daring, courage is much more about making small choices to take initiative even when we are experiencing anxiety and facing risk.
~ Robert Biswas-Diener