Quotes About Fear

But the worst borne is not necessarily past and over with thereby. The worst of fighting a dragon is being caught in its fire, but you do not survive dragon encounters by commanding your muscles to withstand dragon fire, because you and they cannot. You survive by avoiding being burnt.

Their ignorance is so great they are terrified by a hint of the truth; a hint such as you are in yourself.

It's not silly at all. The insides of our own minds are the scariest things there are.

He lowered the goblet, and looked into it. The black water shifted as his hand trembled, and the surface glittered like the facets of polished stone. The noise of the water as it touched the sides was like the distant cries of the imprisoned.

As I came to know him better, the fear changed to pity, and then, almost, to sorrow; but I could not marry him, however much I came to dislike hurting him.

It's not silly at all. The insides of our own minds are the scariest things there are." Scarier than vampires?

he followed me with his eyes as if I wore a black hood and carried an axe, and he was next in line.

Yesterday we had feared a doom we did not know; today the doom was known by us all, and feared no less.

Or that Ayn Rand and Jesus are truly strange bedfellows? Why can't we say this? Because we are afraid. Why are we afraid? Because we care too much about what people think of us, and not enough about whether we say what needs to be said at a time like this.

strategic considerations alone did not guarantee Britain's entry into the war. There was also the economic argument against entry - could Britain afford a Continental war? - and the British fear that crushing German power, at considerable cost, would simply allow some other power, like Russia, to arise in its place.

Nuestra propia necesidad de amor, atención, cariño y seguridad quedó insatisfecha mientras fingíamos ser más poderosas y menos temerosas, más adultas y menos necesitadas, de lo que realmente nos sentíamos.

Todos, cada uno de nosotros, estamos llenos de horror. Si te casas para espantar tu horror, sólo lograrás casar tu horror con el de otra persona; los dos horrores tendrá el matrimonio, tú sangrarás y llamarás a eso amor. Michael Ventura

For your life to be great,your faith must be bigger than your fear.

The best antidote for fear is knowledge.

The activity you're most avoiding contains your biggest opportunity.

Life really does favor the obsessed. Great fortune truly does shine on those mesmerized by their gorgeous ambitions. And the universe most definitely supports the human being unwilling to surrender to the forces of fear, rejection and self-doubt.

To risk is to live.

the place where your greatest discomfort lies is also the spot where your largest opportunity lives.

So often in our society, we are encouraged to disregard our fears and to simply "think positive thoughts". This is nothing more than engaging in denial which is not only ineffective, it is unhealthy.

Walking into the very things that scare you is how you reclaim your forgotten power.

The real risk lies in riskless living

I have had dreams and I've had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.

For your life to be great, your faith must be bigger than your fears. It's only when you have faith in the fact that, as you say, the universe is a friendly place and it's bigger than the fears that have limited you—only then will your brightest life come calling.