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Fear Quotes

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"To overcome a fear, here's all you have to do: realize the fear is there, and do the action you fear anyway."
Peter McWilliams
"To overcome a fear, here's all you have to do: realize the fear is there, and do the action you fear anyway."
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"As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."
Chanakya
"As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."
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"It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen."
Herodotus
"It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen."
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"Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished."
Amelia Barr
"Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished."
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"Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread."
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
"Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread."
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"My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride where the hell they like and aim in a state of rage at all pedestrians while ringing their bell loudly, the concept of avoiding people being foreign to them."
Terry Pratchett
"My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride where the hell they like and aim in a state of rage at all pedestrians while ringing their bell loudly, the concept of avoiding people being foreign to them."
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"I shrank from the faces and forms by which I was surrounded. They were all fixed faces, full not of possibilities but impossibilities."
C. S. Lewis
"I shrank from the faces and forms by which I was surrounded. They were all fixed faces, full not of possibilities but impossibilities."
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"I am pain stricken to say that, various "educational institutions have adopted the medieval doctrine "fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom" as their motto. Let me tell you this, fear of the Lord, Santa Claus, Krishna, Thor, Hulk or any other imaginary being brings merely the illusion of wisdom, not wisdom. And illusion of wisdom is a billion times more harmful than lack of wisdom."
Abhijit Naskar
"I am pain stricken to say that, various "educational institutions have adopted the medieval doctrine "fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom" as their motto. Let me tell you this, fear of the Lord, Santa Claus, Krishna, Thor, Hulk or any other imaginary being brings merely the illusion of wisdom, not wisdom. And illusion of wisdom is a billion times more harmful than lack of wisdom."
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"Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them."
Marilyn French
"Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them."
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"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
Isoroku Yamamoto
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
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"The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder."
Richard Bach
"The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder."
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"No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear."
Edmund Burke
"No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear."
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"Whatever our fears are, reflect on our deep core beliefs and insecurities."
Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana
"Whatever our fears are, reflect on our deep core beliefs and insecurities."
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"Fear has many eyes and can see things underground."
"Fear has many eyes and can see things underground."
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"Getting rid of dragons is not at all in my line, but I will do my best to think about it. Personally I have no hopes at all, and wish I was safe back at home."
J. R. R. Tolkien
"Getting rid of dragons is not at all in my line, but I will do my best to think about it. Personally I have no hopes at all, and wish I was safe back at home."
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"There is nothing in this world that I fear to say."
Dmitri Mendeleev
"There is nothing in this world that I fear to say."
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"No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service."
Christopher Columbus
"No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service."
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"Paramount is the need to secure human rights. The form of rule should be such that the citizen does not have to fear the State, but gives it direction and confidently participates in its administration."
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
"Paramount is the need to secure human rights. The form of rule should be such that the citizen does not have to fear the State, but gives it direction and confidently participates in its administration."
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"Maybe my greater fear should not be fear itself, but what I will lose should I submit to fear."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"Maybe my greater fear should not be fear itself, but what I will lose should I submit to fear."
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"It is a measure of the framers' fear that a passing majority might find it expedient to compromise 4th Amendment values that these values were embodied in the Constitution itself."
Sandra Day O'Connor
"It is a measure of the framers' fear that a passing majority might find it expedient to compromise 4th Amendment values that these values were embodied in the Constitution itself."
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"My greatest fear is flying. And I do a lot of flying, so that's a bummer."
Kylie Bax
"My greatest fear is flying. And I do a lot of flying, so that's a bummer."
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"I have always been afraid of banks."
Andrew Jackson
"I have always been afraid of banks."
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"Don't fear your mortality, because it is this very mortality that gives meaning and depth and poignancy to all the days that will be granted to you."
Paul Tsongas
"Don't fear your mortality, because it is this very mortality that gives meaning and depth and poignancy to all the days that will be granted to you."
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"In the world of lovers, there is no fear."
Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann
"In the world of lovers, there is no fear."
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"They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure."
James Allen
"They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure."
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"We're so afraid of being hurt that we become the abuser first."
Alaric Hutchinson
"We're so afraid of being hurt that we become the abuser first."
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"When you gain 50 pounds during pregnancy like I did, you fear that you'll never get back in shape."
Charisma Carpenter
"When you gain 50 pounds during pregnancy like I did, you fear that you'll never get back in shape."
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"I enjoy watching Fear Factor, Newlyweds and American Idol as far as reality TV shows go."
Natalie Gulbis
"I enjoy watching Fear Factor, Newlyweds and American Idol as far as reality TV shows go."
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"I understand why the Tories will be gunning for Alastair Campbell because they fear his campaigning skills."
Peter Mandelson
"I understand why the Tories will be gunning for Alastair Campbell because they fear his campaigning skills."
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"There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion."
Charles de Montesquieu
"There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion."
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"Mysteries I read for fun, so I will probably never write one, for fear of spoiling the fun."
Fred Saberhagen
"Mysteries I read for fun, so I will probably never write one, for fear of spoiling the fun."
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"Television knows no night. It is perpetual day. TV embodies our fear of the dark, of night, of the other side of things."
Jean Baudrillard
"Television knows no night. It is perpetual day. TV embodies our fear of the dark, of night, of the other side of things."
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"Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance."
Arnold H. Glasow
"Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance."
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"The person I fear most in the last two rounds is myself."
Tom Watson
"The person I fear most in the last two rounds is myself."
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"I don't buy into any of that hogwash. They put that out to sell tickets. It's just a classic horror movie, with the Greek drama formula of good versus evil, and lots of fear."
Margot Kidder
"I don't buy into any of that hogwash. They put that out to sell tickets. It's just a classic horror movie, with the Greek drama formula of good versus evil, and lots of fear."
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"Definitely, it's a fear of failure that drives me."
Jerry Bruckheimer
"Definitely, it's a fear of failure that drives me."
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"Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten."
Mary Catherine Bateson
"Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten."
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"She became so important to them that they wondered how they had ever managed without her in the past. And the longer she stayed with them the more indispensable she became, so indispensable in fact that their one fear was that she might some day move on."
Michael Ende
"She became so important to them that they wondered how they had ever managed without her in the past. And the longer she stayed with them the more indispensable she became, so indispensable in fact that their one fear was that she might some day move on."
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"Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he was untouchable and he said so openly."
Ryszard Kapuscinski
"Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he was untouchable and he said so openly."
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"I'd say my greatest fear is fear itself."
Beth Orton
"I'd say my greatest fear is fear itself."
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"A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run."
George Matthew Adams
"A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run."
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"He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure."
James Lane Allen
"He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure."
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"If you are looking for a producer, try to contact established producers. Don't let the fear of theft paralyze you, or you will never get anywhere with it."
Penelope Spheeris
"If you are looking for a producer, try to contact established producers. Don't let the fear of theft paralyze you, or you will never get anywhere with it."
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"It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon; which raises the fear that it may not be long before we're paying somebody not to."
Franklin P. Jones
"It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon; which raises the fear that it may not be long before we're paying somebody not to."
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"A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings."
Nadine Gordimer
"A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings."
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"You always have this fear in a movie of just being somebody's woman."
Charlize Theron
"You always have this fear in a movie of just being somebody's woman."
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"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
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"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."
Bruce Lee
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."
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"She screamed like an assassin was driving a knife into her stomach.She screamed like a thousand birds were pecking at her flesh.She screamed like the palace was burning down around her."
Marissa Meyer
"She screamed like an assassin was driving a knife into her stomach.She screamed like a thousand birds were pecking at her flesh.She screamed like the palace was burning down around her."
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"Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman."
Marian Anderson
"Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman."
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