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Quotes About Fear

Fear is not of the unknown, but of loss of the known.
~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.
~ Twyla Tharp
We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them.
~ Gerald Brenan
Fear is a ghost; embrace your fear, and all you'll see in your arms is yourself.
~ Andre Dubus
We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure.
~ John W. Gardner
When you are gripped by fear in the face of an experience that will take you beyond your comfort zone, you may be at a point of supreme opportunity. You can either break down or break through.
~ Robert Moss
Going into our fear and confronting our greed, our weaknesses, our neediness is the way out. And the way out is through the mind, by choosing our thoughts.
~ Robert Kiyosaki
Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.
~ Publilius Syrus
You know that you've found something amazing, and you want to hold on to it forever; and every second after you have it, you fear the moment you might lose it.
~ Kiera Cass
I fear other actors who are not prepared. And I fear directors who are afraid.
~ Tommy Lee Jones
There is no fear. There are only two things. Trained and untrained.
~ Alistair Overeem
I'm nervous... but I'm not going to fear what I'm about to do, I'm going to take it head on and I'm going to conquer it.
~ Rory MacDonald
Enlightenment for a wave is the moment the wave realizes it is water. At that moment, all fear of death disappears.
~ Nhat Hanh
All persecution is a sign of fear; for if we did not fear the power of an opinion different from our own, we should not mind others holding it.
~ Phyllis Bottome
You become the monster you fear the worst, so the monster won't overtake you.
~ Suzanne Weyn
If you admire yourself in the mirror, let it be in fear and not delight, because the only thing that beauty will bring to you is terror of losing it.
~ Amelie Nothomb
What is it that renders death terrible? Sin. We must therefore fear sin, not death.
~ Alphonsus Liguori
Run towards that very thing that you fear, because there's amazing blessings on the other side.
~ Sherri Shepherd
Satisfying curiosity ranks No. 2 in my book behind conquering a fear.
~ Scott Carpenter
The loves that meet in Paradise shall cast out fear, And Paradise hath room for you and me and all.
~ Christina Rossetti
If you're not prepared, it's not pressure you feel, it's fear.
~ Bruce Bochy
Being faithful doesn't mean you are fearless. It just means that your faith is greater than your fear.
~ Christine Caine
Surely Islam has nothing to fear from criticism even if it be unreasonable.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
~ Veronica Roth, Divergent