Quotes About Fear

I remember a friend of mine once telling me that we hate what we fear in ourselves

Every man is afraid of women as far as I can see," said Julian, displaying an understanding of the universe far beyond his years. "That's true," she said. "But only because most men are not as smart as women and yet they continue to hold all the power. They fear a change of the world order.

when a person's commitment to evidence and logic grows dangerously thin or simply snaps under the burden of fear, wishful thinking, tribalism, or ecstasy, we recognize that he's being "religious.

The likelihood of being killed by terrorism is extremely low, yet we have instituted actions to counter terrorism that significantly reduce our quality of life. As a recent example, X-ray body scanners could increase the risk of cancer to a degree greater than the risk from terrorism—the same sort of counterproductive overreaction as the one to spiders. This does not imply that we should let spiders, or terrorists, crawl all over us—but the risks need to be managed rationally.

Tadpoles were cloned in 1952, but few focused on that process until 1997, when the announcement of the cloning of Dolly the sheep begat wonder, consternation, and fear.

People are sheep—cowardly, deplorable sheep.

Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown.

Oh the remembrance of my great sins, of my great temptations, and of my great fear of perishing forever! They bring afresh into my mind the remembrance of my great help, my great supports from Heaven, and the great grace that God extended to such a wretch as I.

A great horror and darkness fell upon Christian.

Though there is not always grace where there is the fear of hell, yet, to be sure, there is no grace where there is no fear of God.

Fear, lest, by forgetting what you are by nature, you also forget the need that you have of continual pardon, support, and supplies from the Spirit of grace, and so grow proud of your own abilities, or of what you have received from God.

Your fear of letting go prevents you from letting go of your fear of letting go.

I was born with a chronic anxiety about the weather.

Do you have anything—a cross, a bible?" I asked him. "Course not! I'm a man of science." "And if the shadow that wields the Great Fear manifests here?" "I'll hide behind you and cry like a girl, as befits a man of science.

There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire.

The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.

There was a very cautious man Who never laughed or played He never risked, he never tried, He never sang or prayed. And when he on day passed away, His insurance was denied, For since he never really lived, They claimed he never really died. (Anonymous poem)

My mom once told me, back when I was a kid, that I would never understand girls unless I understood the fear of being lonely and alone. She said no girl would ever understand boys unless she understood the fear of being dishonored and defeated.

They say Cat was the last of all to leave Eden and was less afraid of the Seraphim than Lucifer, and for that reason, to this day, is permitted to stare at kings, unabashed.

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

There is nothing we need to do that isn't dangerous.

When a composer feels a responsibility to make, rather than accept, he eliminates from the area of possibility all events that do not suggest that at that point in time vogue of profundity, for he takes himself seriously, wishes to be considered great, and he thereby diminishes his love and increases his fear and concern about what people will think.

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

The emotions - love, mirth, the heroic, wonder, tranquility, fear, anger, sorrow, disgust - are in the audience.