Quotes About Fear

The Gods are not to be feared; death cannot be felt; the good can be won; what we dread can be conquered.

Or as Seneca expresses it, in the Letters to Lucilius: 'You must dispense with these two things: fear of the future, and the recollection of ancient ills. The latter no longer concerns me, the former has yet to concern me.

It is easy to hire someone else to do work for us—someone to clean, someone to tend the garden—but no one can take our place along that road that leads to the conquest of our fears, so that we can adapt to the world and find our right place in it.

Every child is at some point a small Perseus, and this infatuation with the dark and the lonely is for most people an acute condition, best caught early in life like mumps, and which seldom recurs.

El animal primero se queda quieto y luego huye.

A show of daring oft conceals great fear.

The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.

Risk should not reflect a celebration of foolishness but a freedom from fear.

Fear, poverty, alcoholism, loneliness are terminal illnesses. Emergencies, in fact.

I used to be terrified of going to the bathroom until Uncle John taught me to start at the front door, whisper over and over to myself, "God will take care of me. God will take care of me," and run like hell.

No hay ninguna guía para la muerte. Nadie puede decirte qué hacer, qué es lo que te espera

So much affirmation ends up sounding like a murder of crows passing overhead and it is easy to be afraid of murder-by-crow-- though sometimes you have to start flapping your arms and follow them.

Human life is under the absolute dominion of two mighty principles, fear and hope, and that any one who can make these serve his ends may be sure of rapid fortune.

The only business of the historian is to relate things exactly as they are: this he can never do as long as he is afraid

These ambitious scoundrels were quite devoid of scruples, and they had now joined forces; it could not escape their penetration that human life is under the absolute dominion of two mighty principles, fear and hope and that anyone who can make these serve his ends may be sure of a rapid fortune.

Non riuscendo a identificare la prole, i custodi non potranno anteporre la famiglia allo stato e nessun giovane oserà mai colpire un anziano nel timore che si tratti del proprio genitore.

Everyone's scared of something. Not everyone has the courage to admit it.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

blessing the boats (at saint mary's) may the tide that is entering even now the lip of our understanding carry you out beyond the face of fear may you kiss the wind then turn from it certain that it will love your back may you open your eyes to water water waving forever and may you in your innocence sail through this to that

and adam rose fearful in the garden without words for the grass his fingers plucked without a tongue to name the taste shimmering in his mouth did they draw blood the blades did it become his early lunge toward language did his astonishment surround him did he shudder did he whisper eve

mama mama if we are nothing why should we spare the neighborhood mama mama who will be next and why should we save the pictures

thunder and lightning and our world is another place no day will ever be the same no blood untouched

and God has blessed America to learn that noone is exempt the world is one all fear is one all life all death all one

and i am consumed with love for all of it the everydayness of bravery of hate of fear of tragedy of death and birth and hope