Quotes About Fear

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences.

There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.

We need not fear life, because God is the Ruler of all and we need not fear death, because He shares immortality with us.

Security is an illusion. Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all.

When you love someone so deeply they become your life, it's easy to succumb overwhelming fears inside. Blindly I imagined I could keep you under a glass. Now I understand to hold you I must open my hand and watch you rise.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.

Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose.

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life -- and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.

He who fears death enjoys not life.

Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.

Risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.

Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

Our fears always outnumber our dangers.

Do not fear death... only the unlived life. You don't have to live forever; You just have to live.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.