logo

Quotes About Fear

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.
~ George Bernard Shaw
The only thing to fear is fearlessness.
~ Michael Stipe
Yes, I see the Church as the body of Christ. But, oh! How we have blemished and scarred that body through social neglect and through fear of being nonconformists.
~ Martin Luther
Gratitude and fear can't stand the sight of each other.
~ Robin Sharma
I have a deathly fear of mediocrity and that nips at my heels and gets me into a lot of trouble.
~ Courtney Love
I have a policy about fear: It cripples the soul, so you just have to fight it.
~ Diane Keaton
If it weren't for fear, I wouldn't have to teach you a damn thing
~ Keith Johnstone
Fear and greed are probably the worst emotions to have in connection with the purchase and sale of stocks.
~ Walter Schloss
The world will always choose convenience over reality. It's easier to hate, blame, and fear than it is to understand. No one wants the truth; they want entertainment.
~ Chris Colfer
Only one form of contagion travels faster than a virus. And that's fear.
~ Dan Brown
Vaccines save lives; fear endangers them. It's a simple message parents need to keep hearing.
~ Jeffrey Kluger
That's my biggest fear – disappointing those people who look up to me.
~ Chris Colfer
When you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or anything, fear is the cause and pain is the result.
~ Byron Katie
Obedience isn't a lack of fear. It's just doing it scared.
~ Jen Hatmaker
It is not a matter of being fearless. The fear is sometimes constant, but it's about moving forward regardless of the fear. Courage means feeling the fear and doing it anyway.
~ Gillian Anderson
A king who feared wasps once decreed that they were abolished. As it happened, they did him no harm. But he was eventually stung to death by scorpions.
~ Idries Shah
I fear those big words, Stephen said, which make us so unhappy.
~ James Joyce
We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.
~ Harry S Truman
That common cold of the male psyche, fear of commitment.
~ Richard Schickel
Fear betrays unworthy souls.
~ Virgil
The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts and is thus an image of a serene dialogue.
~ Salvatore Quasimodo
Fear is an insidious virus. Given a breeding place in our minds ... it will eat away our spirit and block the forward path of our endeavors.
~ Unknown
They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.
~ G. Gordon Liddy
We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.
~ Jiddu Krishnamurti