Quotes About Fear

I was scared that no one would hire me. At that time, there was still a stigma attached to it. A big stigma. Actually, I think I was healthier after the operation than some people who have bypass surgery because I was completely cured. But when you mentioned "heart transplant," you got a very negative reaction. It triggered people's imaginations, and not in a good way.

The sad thing is that, even though we know our lives aren't working in certain areas, we are still afraid to change. We are locked into our comfort zone, no matter how self-destructive it may be. Yet, the only way to get out of our comfort zone and to be free of our problems and limitations is to get uncomfortable.

The biggest risk in life is not risking.

Worry comes from the belief you are powerless.

The understanding of fear cures fear.

Fear is a destructive emotion that can deal a fatal blow to any attempt on your part to build total self-confidence. If you allow your fears to run your life, it will be impossible to create the life you truly desire.

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.

We fear the thing we want the most.

The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.

The abandoned infant's cry is rage, not fear.

Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history.

The fear of death is the beginning of slavery.

Anyone in the United States today who isn't paranoid must be crazy.

Don't be afraid to be wrong; be more afraid, not to do the right thing.

It's not that heroes have no fear; it's just that they understand what it takes, to get the job done!!

Government.... the scariest thing we face every Halloween... every day of every year!

The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.

Cuando tienes miedo no puedes pensar con claridad

El riesgo por temor resulta ser de verdad peligroso y ciertamente temible.

Too much positive is either scared or stupid or both. Reality is uncertain.

People in oppressive political situations are so afraid to give voice to their convictions that they lose confidence in the very category of truth and in the power of speech to bring clarity and liberation.

Why is it that adults, as well as children, are impressed with a certain uneasiness in the dark? Not a fear of ghosts, or robbers, or accidents, or of anything upon which the mind can reason, or of which the senses are cognizant, but a vague consciousness of invisible influences. In the daylight we have no such sensations; they belong exclusively to silence and darkness.

Tell us your phobias, and we will tell you what you are afraid of.