Quotes About Fear

Courage isn't the absence of fear, but a decision that what we want is more important than what we are afraid of.

Imagine you were flowing with energy and confidence, free of doubt and fear.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Courage is fear that has said its prayers.

Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale.

I have fears, but I do not fear anything or anybody on the court.

I decided to make 'Captain America' because I realized I wasn't doing the film because it terrified me. You can't make decisions based on fear.

When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it.

Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion.

It's okay to be afraid. It's not okay to let the fear STOP you.

In 1976 I discovered Ebola - now I fear an unimaginable tragedy.

Men who fear God face life fearlessly. Men who do not fear God end up fearing everything.

To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity.

Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.

Fear and I were old buddies, despite my best efforts to the contrary.

A gambit never becomes sheer routine as long as you fear you may lose the king and pawn ending!

Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.

Math anxiety: an intense lifelong fear of two trains approaching each other at speeds of 60 and 80 MPH.

My biggest fear? My biggest fear would be turning into an inanimate object.

The mind of America is seized by a fatal dry rot - and it's only a question of time before all that the mind controls will run amuck in a frenzy of stupid, impotent fear.

Don't fear the darkness if you carry the light within.

My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me.

Courage is not the absence of fear, it is taking a step forward when you are afraid.

Fear is good. In the right degree it prevents us from making fools of ourselves. But in the wrong measure it prevents us from fully living. Fear is our boon companion but never our master.