Quotes About Fear

Afraid is a country with no exit visas.

Surrendering to fear and allowing ourselves to be paralyzed by peril isn't something most of us can afford to do.

It was as though in these last minutes together - when they had so much to say - they could say nothing of the least significance, for fear it open the floodgates.

It's deeply human to do both the worst things and the best things because of your fear of loss.

We've got to get rid of the fear of failure in this country. In America, people start things, fail and shake themselves down and start things again. The animal spirit of capitalism is stronger there.

When you've been afraid of something for long enough and it comes to pass, the terrible thing is a release. For in the belly of the badness there is no more fear.

Step one in overcoming fears is to make a fear list. Make a list of all the things that you are afraid of. Start out with the small fears and conquer them.

Fear of commitment lies behind the fear of writing.

No power is strong enough to be lasting, if it labours under the weight of fear.

The fear and the search for security have turned the world into a horrific hell.

More than fear of loving bears or birds bigger than cows, I fear pathless nights. How, I wonder, can I find you in the dark?

The leader who refuses to move until the fear is gone will never move. Consequently, he will never lead.

I don't want to say that in a place that's negative about what the fear is. I just want to be a realist.

Fear is the emotion that makes us blind.

Fear is just faith in the wrong person.

The fear of being an old maid made young girls rush into matrimony with a recklessness that astonishes.

You are right, but the weakness does not come from the millions of Muslims in the world. They do not mind being radical, they have no fear to speak out and to protest and to jihad.

The thing that impresses me most about this country is its hopefulness. It is this which distinguishes it from Europe, where there is hopeless depression and fear.

Joy is at its keenest when contrasted with sorrow, courage at its height when it follows fear, faith at its noblest when it grows from doubt.

I think I am more of a coward than anybody. It's a very weird feeling. The more I fear violence, the more I'm inclined to depict it in films.

Your hatred is rooted in your fear, and your paranoia and insecurities, well they don't belong here.

Shall I make it clear, boys, for all to apprehend, Those that will not hear, boys, waiting for the end, Knowing it is near, boys, trying to pretend, Sitting in cold fear, boys, waiting for the end?

Anger is fear in disguise.

For me, just showing up for the traveling and writing gave me the power to overcome my fear of fear.