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Quotes About Fear

Fear reaches only to the point where the unavoidable begins; from there on, it loses its meaning. And all we have left is the hope that we are making the right decision.
~ Paulo Coelho
The search can be as interesting as the fear you feel, as long as you overcome that fear.
~ Paulo Coelho
There is a huge difference between danger and fear.
~ Paulo Coelho
Attacking or fleeing are part of the struggle; being paralysed by fear is not.
~ Paulo Coelho
An enemy always represents a weakness. This might be fear of physical pain, but it could also be a premature sense of victory or the desire to abandon the fight because it is no longer worthwhile.
~ Paulo Coelho
Terror, terror, terror. Life was a reign o terror in the shadow of the guillotine.
~ Paulo Coelho
Do I prefer to grow up and relate to life directly, or do I choose to live and die in fear?
~ Pema Chodron
You get to live your life again through the eyes of your children. I conquered a fear the other day by going on a roller coaster, I haven't been on one in 15 years - I felt like I was six years old.
~ Peter Andre
My kids are my life and the thought of someone taking them away from me is my worst nightmare.
~ Peter Andre
In place of science, the Eskimo has only magic to bridge the gap between what he can understand and what is not known. Without magic, his life would be one long panic.
~ Peter Farb
Because people are afraid of fear, they give up acre after acre of their own life.
~ Peter McWilliams
As we go through life our relationship with our own mortality and our inevitable demise increases.
~ Peter Morgan
Life is first boredom, then fear. Whether or not we use it, it goes, And leaves what something hidden from us chose, And age, and then the only end of age.
~ Philip Larkin
Today let us all ask ourselves whether we are afraid of what God might ask, or of what he does ask.... Do I truly let God into my life? How do I answer him?
~ Pope Francis
I highly recommend inviting the worst-case scenario into your life.
~ Portia de Rossi
You spend your whole life grieving for those who haven't died yet.
~ Orson Scott Card
To shut one's eyes to half of life that one may live securely is as though one blinded oneself that one might walk with more safety in a land of pit and precipice.
~ Oscar Wilde
The real fear isn't rejection, but that there won't be enough time in your life to write all the stories that you have in you.
~ Ray Bradbury
I don't know. I just feel stuck, like I'm afraid to take any steps, in case they're the wrong ones.
~ Rebecca Stead
Bad art is maintained by the neurotic, who is deadly afraid of authentic art because it inspires him to go on living, and he is terrified of life.
~ Rebecca West
It's important to do things that scare you to death!
~ Reese Witherspoon
The sense of danger made her lift up her head higher. There were battles coming. But life was meant to be a battle, wasn't it? There was nothing to fear.
~ Regina Doman
Any life worth living is going to have risks
~ Richelle Mead
In 35 yrs of leading I've been afraid at every major step but I DID IT ANYWAY since I REFUSE let fear run my life.
~ Rick Warren