Quotes About Fear

Mark said to me once, "She's like God to you: she inexplicably calms inexplicable fears.

The closer you are to death, the more you want to live.

I wanted to confess that if someone took out a gun and killed me onstage he would be doing me a favor.

in moments of crisis, people are willing to hand over a great deal of power to anyone who claims to have a magic cure—whether the crisis is a financial meltdown or, as the Bush administration would later show, a terrorist attack.

And more to the point, I was reasonably certain he wasn't going to try and devour my soul. My expectations for a husband had lowered.

The EPA was saying no more and no less than this. It was saying that protecting lambs required the government to control the wolves—and government control was what the Cold Warriors most feared. It was what they had spent their lives fighting.

Iris and I turn to the shooter at the same moment. "Oh my God," she breathes as she sees the small, defiant figure standing there in the threshold with his arm raised and his gun still aimed at the dead woman. "Max?

If this man is so cold-blooded that he can kill a lifelong friend for his son's mistake, he's not going to think twice about getting rid of Max and me.

I have to say it: I didn't have the courage.

I fear three newspapers more than a hundred thousand bayonets.

If I had believed in a God of rewards and punishments, I might have lost courage in battle

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided.

Parties weaken themselves by their fear of capable men.

There are only two forces that unite men fear and interest. All great revolutions originate in fear, for the play of interests does not lead to accomplishment.

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

My enemies are many, my equals are none. In the shade of olive trees, they said Italy could never be conquered. In the land of Pharaohs and Kings, they said Egypt could never be humbled. In the realm of forest and snow, they said Russia could never be tamed. Now they say nothing. They fear me, like a force of nature, a dealer in thunder and death! I say: I am Napoleon, I am Emperor. (Napoleon: Total War)

Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

I start out by believing the worst

There is a joy in danger.

There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.

A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.

Lo imposible es el fantasma de los tímidos y el refugio de los cobardes.