Quotes About Fear

Valerie Sherwood, I said to myself, you're going to die.

become better conversationalists when we employ two primary objectives. Number one: Take the risk. It is up to us to take the risk of starting a conversation with a stranger. We cannot hope that others will approach us; instead, even if we are shy, it is up to us to make the first move. We all fear rejection at some level. Just remind yourself that there are more dire consequences in life than a rejection

I was never afraid of failure after that because, I think, coming that close to death you get kissed. With the years, the actual experience of course fades, but the flavor of it doesn't. I just had a real sense of what choice do I have but to live fully?

He never feared anything again. Because he knew the secret. Life was cheap.

There is no stricter moralist than Fear; and no moralist is a stranger to Fear.

If the Devil jumped in front and faced us, he would vanish. He rules by pretending that, like the Gorgon, the mere glimpse of him would paralyse us. But no, to see him fully would be to destroy him fully. Similarly, we can never get rid of Fear. But we can keep booting him behind us.

So far as I know, no one has ever died because they gave a poor performance. The terror that appears so frighteningly real diminishes under closer scrutiny. Of course it is sad to do poor work. But then, we inevitably do a lot of bad work and we all have to deal with that.

Fear's ploy is to stop us looking at him, or indeed anything else, closely and attentively. When panic strikes it helps to remember that the simple act of paying attention is calming. In fact only attentiveness brings peace.

When all around seems dead, it is a delusion. Fear has doped us till we no longer see the target changing and moving.

flag tied to the end of a long lodgepole and was standing in front of his lodge, holding the pole, with the flag fluttering in the gray light of the winter dawn. I heard him call to the people not to be afraid, that the soldiers would not hurt them; then the troops opened fire from two sides of the camp.

I heard him call to the people not to be afraid, that the soldiers would not hurt them; then the troops opened fire from two sides of the camp.

Depend on God, and the fear will find its right size.

Satu-satunya yang tidak diajarkan kepadamu adalah mengenal diri sendiri. Karena itu, kamu benci dan takut terhadap hidup

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I had turned myself inside out working on the house, and had come to love it; at least, I supposed I loved it. Maybe it wasn't love so much as a fear of losing everything I'd accomplished. I was afraid to let go.

Luke hadn't been nervous when he'd disarmed a cold-eyed gunslinger in an El Paso saloon. Nor when he'd charged the hideout of the notorious Miller Gang. Nor when he'd single-handedly subdued a mob. But as he tied Honey Dew to Georgie's hitching post, his hands shook, his forehead beaded with sweat, and his mouth went dry. He blew out a long breath. It was just a woman. And she was tiny as a cricket bug.

She braved a sip of the black brew. Never had she tasted anything so ghastly.

When we feel fear, we shrink away, but when we're excited we go toward. Let's go toward. Let's go farther. Let's invite the creative into ourselves.

Sometimes fear cannot be distinguised from excitement.

Our thinking and our behaviour are always in anticipation of a response. It is therefore fear-based.

The fear of death comes from limited awareness.

The Ego, however, is not who you really are. The ego is your self-image; it is your social mask; it is the role you are playing. Your social mask thrives on approval. It wants control, and it is sustained by power, because it lives in fear.

If you try to get rid of fear and anger without knowing their meaning, they will grow stronger and return.

The ego relies on the familiar. It is reluctant to experience the unknown, which is they very essence of life.