Quotes About Fear

Achilles' face went pale. "Is it certain?" This is what all mortals ask first, in disbelief, shock, fear. Is there no exception for me?

But even I could not fill each minute with fear. I have heard that men who live near a waterfall cease to hear it - in such a way did I learn to live beside the rushing torrent of his doom.

Circe, he says, it will be alright. [...] and somehow, I am comforted. He does not mean that it does not hurt. He does not mean that we are not frightened. Only that: we are here. This is what it means to swim in the tide, to walk the earth and feel it touch your feet. This is what it means to be alive.

Fear sloshed over me, each wave colder than the last.

Es posible domesticar una serpiente para que coma de tu mano, pero nadie le va a quitar las ganas de morder.

He does not mean that we are not frightened. Only that: we are here. This is what it means to swim in the tide, to walk the earth, and feel it touch your feet. This is what it means to be alive.

Y a pesar de lo herido que me sentía, bajo ningún concepto deseaba verle marchar ni contemplarle nervioso y temeroso, como el resto de nosotros.

What do you think the best way to conquer fear it? To face it head on and know in your heart that you are strong enough to overcome it... before it gets to you. There is no better way.

All my defences are shredded, ripped away, exposing me. I'm sure he can see right down into my core, because I'm seeing into the very heart of him, and I'm petrified by what I find there.

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.

Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess what I'm feeling - frightened you'll slip away.

If I'm smart then I'll run away, but I'm not so I guess I'll stay

A terminal illness doesn't belong only to the one who is sick—it affects family members, friends, neighbors, coworkers. Not unlike a still pond disturbed by a falling stone, an impending death sends ripples through all the relationships in the life of the dying. Each person involved has his or her own set of issues, fears, and questions.

horses were afraid of only two things: things that moved and things that didn't.

Earlier that day, former president George W. Bush, who had remained largely silent during Trump's presidency, condemned domestic "extremism" and the "malign forces" in the country. "So much of our politics has become a naked appeal to anger, fear and resentment," he said in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, near where one of four hijacked planes had crashed into a field on September 11. He never mentioned Trump directly.

Speak your mind even if your voice shakes.

Speak your mind, even though your voice shakes.

Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes

Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind—even if your voice shakes.

The faerie queen's compassion was even more frightening than her anger.

At times I fake my enthusiasm. At others, I fear I am incapable of communicating the depth of it.

To take a breath of water: does the thought panic or excite you?

As it turned out, my fears were unwarranted. Which isn't to say you haven't changed. But the biggest change of all has been a measure of peace. The peace is not total, but in the face of a suffocating anxiety, a measure of peace is no small thing.

Everywhere I go as a writer—especially if I'm in drag as a "memoirist"—such fears seem to be first and foremost on people's minds. People seem hungry, above all else, for permission, and a guarantee against bad consequences. The first, I try to give; the second is beyond my power.)