Quotes About Fear

The Antis themselves were an add coalition held together by the centripetal force of fear: fear of the political, economic, and social disruptions that equal suffrage might bring, not just at the polls and in the halls of government, but in the factory, the kitchen, and the bedroom.

The truth that many people do not understand is that the more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt. —Thomas Merton

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.

The greatest mistake a man can ever make is to be afraid of making one.

To escape criticism — do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

The thing we fear we bring to pass.

Fear clogs faith liberates.

The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.

It is impossible to explain anything to those who are both angry and terrified.

You gain strength, experience and confidence by every experience where you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you cannot do.

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along."… You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.... You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience by which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do ...

You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.

There is nothing to fear except fear it's self.

A great deal of fear is a result of just "not knowing." We do not know what is involved in a new situation. We do not know whether we can deal with it. The sooner we learn what it entails, the sooner we can dissolve our fear.