Quotes About Fear

Those who would rule with an iron fist always fear the free expression of opinions by those they would suppress.

I think the beauty of the writing of 'Game of Thrones' is not that the characters are fearless; it's how they overcome their fear, you know?

Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.

I try never to be governed by fear; that's how I choose things.

The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip To haud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honour grip, Let that aye be your border.

What an incredible drug fear is.

With fear come the lies and the justifications that, no matter how convincing, lower our self-esteem.

I've met talespinners before, Jake, and they're all cut more or less from the same cloth. They tell tales because they're afraid of life.

Fear was stronger than the calculation of probabilities.

This is the ending. Now not day only shall be beloved, but night too shall be beautiful and blessed and all its fear pass away.

I am not afraid of death, which after all can't be far away. What does frighten me, though, is the halfway stage.

Fear is self-awareness raised to a higher level.

Fear is an enemy that can be killed only at close range. The closest range of all is intimacy. The deeper the fear is embedded in one's spirit, the more vulnerable it is.

If a train is coming at you, closing your eyes won't save you ... but if you look right at it, you at least have a chance to jump.

... from our vantage point it is now clear that the only thing the population had to fear was fear itself.

That is what we are, what we do: nose a net, push push, a net that never exists. The knots in the mesh as strong as our own believing. Our own fears.

What is courage without risk... It wouldn't really be courage, would it?

Fear is the proof of a degenerate mind.

Fear is stronger than arms.

Take responsibility and make a relationship the best it can be. We're all afraid of being hurt. Get rid of that fear. Be in the moment and enjoy the relationship - or you'll ruin it.

If people did not fear me so, how could anyone tolerate me?

There are travelers who fear to own delicate hands more than to meet a lion, and soldiers who would rather lose a limb than gain a beautiful nose by artificial methods.

Fear is a psychic tyrant that has no intention of letting its slave go free. It will say whatever it needs to say to confuse your thinking... It will always seek to preserve itself.

He of whom many are afraid ought himself to fear many.