Quotes About Fear

Torch every book. Burn every page. Char every word to ash. Ideas are incombustible. And therein lies your real fear.

The only really Christian art is that which, like St. Francis, does not fear being wedded to poverty. This rises far above art-as-ornament.

The mob rushes in where individuals fear to tread.

I said, "I do not fear those pants with nobody inside them." I said, and said, and said those words. I said them but I lied them.

Fear appears from a false vision of reality.

Lots of people misunderstand this. They think not experiencing fear means they're courageous. Bravery isn't about not being afraid, it's about persevering despite your fears.

The fear of old age is something that one feels when they're younger. Once you get to being old, you're already there, so you don't even think about it anymore.

The slave girl is reared in an atmosphere of licentiousness and fear.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

There is a great fear that plagues only romantics and children... it is that they might be alright alone.

Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.

In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the problems of the position without fear of some simplifications.

The powerful have no monopoly on greed, hatred, fear, or ignorance.

I'm a fighter through and through. I don't fear any person and to go inside that ring with a feared mentality, why even go inside the ring?

Bravely overcoming one small fear gives you the courage to take on the next.

Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.

Fear stimulates us to take action and can be our friend, but if you act as though fear is not there-if you deny it-it will build and create barriers.

Who am I? The sum of your dreams, the thrill you refuse to grasp, the unknown you fear.

Do we fear suffering or apathy most? Is it from experience or the monotony of a commonplace existence that we quickest flee?

Villains fear me because I am unpredictable and broccoli. See what I mean?

To face death itself should not daunt you. Fear of death is ridiculous, because as long as you are not dead you are alive, and when you are dead there is noting more to worry about!

My one fear is failure and that's one fear I have to face all the time. Yes, it's uncomfortable to be scared but I'm finally comfortable being uncomfortable.

fear is a dreadful drawback because it stops us living in the moment.

Craving brings pain; craving brings fear. If you do not yield to craving, you will be free from pain and fear