Quotes About Fear

It seems strange that some artists fear a blank canvas, when it has been a major contributory factor to great paintings.

You know, so often we think we have each step figured out. And then when one thing doesn't go our way, we begin to question, we being to fear what our next step will be.

Every day do something that frightens you.

Do not fear the digital world, it will not kill us all.

Indecision, doubt and fear. The members of this unholy trio are closely related; where one is found, the other two are close at hand.

Running away from fear is fear; fighting pain is pain; trying to be brave is being scared

For some people it may be kind of off-putting. But the idea that fear accompanies us at every step: the point is that our courage has to be bigger than our fear.

The main cause of poverty is self-inflicted fear and ignorance.

I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self the more you do.

We must be afraid of neither poverty nor exile nor imprisonment; of fear itself only should we be afraid.

It is what we fear that happens to us.

Democracy cannot function just on who do we fear the most, you know, or who do we hate the most; we need an affirmative agenda.

Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.

Keep conscience clear, then never fear.

It's easy when you grow up in fear to act out of fear. I don't want to embrace that fear; I prefer to be kind.

The Fear of Death often proves Mortal.

Surveys show that the #1 fear of Americans is public speaking. #2 is death. That means that at a funeral, the average American would rather be in the casket than doing the eulogy.

There's always fear of the unknown where there's mystery.

Courage faces fear and thereby masters it. Cowardice represses fear and is thereby mastered by it.

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.

Many people associate stage fright with a fear of looking ridiculous, making a bad impression. For me, it's like a kind of fever.

The fear of being laughed at makes cowards of us all.

Self belief will always push fear away, but you need to always practice self belief otherwise fear will come back and tap you on the shoulder.

In other characters, it's driven by insecurity, or it's driven by fear, or - there's always a driver. And all the physical manifestations, you need your way in.