Quotes About Fear

It feels like it's the end of the world if you don't do well on your SATs.

Far more than dreading ending up in a care home myself, I dread having to put my husband in one.

I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure.

Sometimes even paranoids have enemies.

To me, Darth Vader is the epitome of evil.

How do we get to equality? I don't think it comes from fear. I think it comes from understanding.

Death is a stage on which our souls can be completed. We must one day take the stage of death, which is already prepared for us. Will you crawl onto that stage, trembling in fear, or will you walk out into the spotlight with boldness and confidence?

Many people hide inside of their "not-knowing" and, afraid of taking the risk, settle for mediocrity in their life. They imitate the same safe, easy life that other people walk. They mistake that for happiness and, inside of it, look for security. However, the moment that the defensive shields we've built up come down, all truths reveal themselves and speak to us. When we hear our inner voice and follow it, we can walk our own path.

Wer etwas annähernd Objektives über unsere Sicherheit erfahren möchte, sollte nicht den staatlichen Sicherheitsexperten oder den medialen Angstprofiteuren zuhören, sondern lieber einen Blick in die Statistiken werfen.

In einer zunehmend sicheren Welt richtet sich die Angst auf immer kleinere oder unwahrscheinlichere Szenarien.

What's the point of not taking chances? I don't know if I could stand living my whole life afraid.

Run , she told herself. Run, you idiot, run. But she didn't. She couldn't. She just... couldn't.

No one can help but stare at the monster, because horror is a cousin to awe.

As a doc, though, I've seen what happens when people are under a lot of stress. Doesn't always bring out their best. When people are scared, they get angry. They'll do things they never thought they would. They'll bargain and compromise in order to survive; they'll chase after miracle cures and believe just about anything so long as it gives them hope. When hope fails, then watch out. Some people get brutal. They'll turn on each other; they'll become their own worst enemies.

What you couldn't see and only imagined was always scarier than what was real.

The things you think about when you're a hair's breath away from getting yourself killed.

A word of advice, sweetheart: when you're at the brink; when it's a choice between what's safe and what might be better, even if what's best is also scary, take a chance, honey.

Question What is a child? A quiet between two bombardments.

I'm not afraid...I'm awake to the way they think now...They have to have us in a box. They have to have us know they could shoot us. At any time.

I see thunderstorms around us now, but these are just baby storms," the psychic told her. "The mother storm is coming. When she arrives, her lightning will scorch the land, her thunder will deafen us, and her heavy rain will drown us all. The storm will last for three months and many will die. Those who escape will find no one to turn to—every friendly face will have perished.

But only he who, himself enlightened, is not afraid of shadows.

When I came into politics I always thought there was a possibility I would be killed.

daß jenseits des Anekdotischen jede Geschichte und jedermanns Geschichte vom wesentlichen her gesehen gleichartig sei, und daß diese im wesentlichen gleichartigen Geschichten im wesentlichen tatsächlich alle Schreckensgeschichten seien, daß im wesentlichen alles Geschehen tatsächlich schrecklich sei und daß, im wesentlichen, auch die Geschichte schon seit langem nichts als höchstens eine Schreckensgeschichte sei.

Stories of military exploits were repeated almost before boys left their mother's breast. Does a little booby cry for any ache? The mother scolds him in this fashion: "What a coward to cry for a trifling pain! What will you do when your arm is cut off in battle? What when you are called upon to commit hara-kiri?