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Fear Quotes

"One of the things I realized early in my career is that you do what you believe, in knowing that if you don't, you will never like yourself. When you compromise out of fear or ambition, it eats inside you."

"One of the things I realized early in my career is that you do what you believe, in knowing that if you don't, you will never like yourself. When you compromise out of fear or ambition, it eats inside you."

Samuel Dash, American Lawyer

Fear, Ambition, Career, Compromise

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"Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread."

"Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread."

Norman Ralph Augustine, American Author

14

"Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them."

"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, American Author

Fear, Question, Self, Treasure

14

"What our children have to fear is not the cars on the highways of tomorrow but our own pleasure in calculating the most elegant parameters of their deaths."

"What our children have to fear is not the cars on the highways of tomorrow but our own pleasure in calculating the most elegant parameters of their deaths."

J. G. Ballard, British Author

Fear, Children, Pleasure, Tomorrow

14

"There's almost a fear that if you understood too deeply the way you arrived at choices, you could become self-conscious. In any case, many ideas which are full of personal meaning seem rather banal when you put words to them."

"There's almost a fear that if you understood too deeply the way you arrived at choices, you could become self-conscious. In any case, many ideas which are full of personal meaning seem rather banal when you put words to them."

Peter Weir, Australian Director

Fear, Ideas, Choices, Meaning

14

"Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from."

"Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from."

Peter McWilliams, American Writer

14

"When I like someone a lot, I get scared that I'll let them down. My fear of sucking is worst when I feel like someone thinks I'm good."

"When I like someone a lot, I get scared that I'll let them down. My fear of sucking is worst when I feel like someone thinks I'm good."

Casey Affleck, American Actor

14

"I'm not scared of very much. I've been hit by lightning and been in the Marine Corps for four years."

"I'm not scared of very much. I've been hit by lightning and been in the Marine Corps for four years."

Lee Trevino, American Athlete

14

"Good and evil do not exist for me any more. The fear of evil is merely a mass projection here and on Earth."

"Good and evil do not exist for me any more. The fear of evil is merely a mass projection here and on Earth."

Hans Bender, German Psychologist

Fear, Earth, Evil

14

"I have a fear of being boring."

"I have a fear of being boring."

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

14

"When I'm acting, I'm two beings. There's the one monitoring the distance between myself and the camera, making sure I hit my marks, and there is the one driven by this inner fire, this delicious fear."

"When I'm acting, I'm two beings. There's the one monitoring the distance between myself and the camera, making sure I hit my marks, and there is the one driven by this inner fire, this delicious fear."

Jeanne Moreau, French Actress

Fear, Acting, Fire

14

"Alone.Yes,that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym."

"Alone.Yes,that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym."

Stephen King, American Author

Fear, Power, Truth, Inspirational, Wisdom

14

"Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them."

"Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

Fear, Cure, Faults, Shame

14

"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear."

"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear."

Rosa Parks, American Activist

Fear, Mind, Years

14

"The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder."

"The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder."

Richard Bach, American Novelist

Fear, Meaning, Wonder

14

"The person I fear most in the last two rounds is myself."

"The person I fear most in the last two rounds is myself."

Tom Watson, American Golfer

14

"Definitely, it's a fear of failure that drives me."

"Definitely, it's a fear of failure that drives me."

Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer

14

"The regrets of yesterday and the fear of tomorrow can kill you."

"The regrets of yesterday and the fear of tomorrow can kill you."

Liza Minnelli, American Actress

Fear, Tomorrow, Yesterday, Liza Minelli

14

"There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say."

"There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say."

Cyril Connolly, English Journalist

14

"The person who is bent on killing you will follow you wherever you are."

"The person who is bent on killing you will follow you wherever you are."

Edward Koch, American Politician

Fear, Killing, Will

14

"Today's youth cannot miss something they have never known, but I fear that there are no current fictional characters whose impact and influence will last with such abiding affection into their 'sore and yellow' as this splendid man's creations have in mine!"

"Today's youth cannot miss something they have never known, but I fear that there are no current fictional characters whose impact and influence will last with such abiding affection into their 'sore and yellow' as this splendid man's creations have in mine!"

Peter Cushing, British Actor

Fear, Affection, Influence, Man

14

"The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what I've written, but to challenge my writing this story at all, speaks of what the book is about: fear of disapproval."

"The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what I've written, but to challenge my writing this story at all, speaks of what the book is about: fear of disapproval."

Joyce Maynard, American Writer

Fear, Challenge, Writing

14

"With their souls of patent leather, they come down the road. Hunched and nocturnal, where they breathe they impose, silence of dark rubber, and fear of fine sand."

"With their souls of patent leather, they come down the road. Hunched and nocturnal, where they breathe they impose, silence of dark rubber, and fear of fine sand."

Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish Poet

Fear, Road, Silence

14

"The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it."

"The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it."

Adolf Hitler, German Criminal

Fear, Strength, State

14

"We must not fear daylight just because it almost always illuminates a miserable world."

"We must not fear daylight just because it almost always illuminates a miserable world."

Rene Magritte, Belgian Artist

14

"Fear is the foundation of most governments."

"Fear is the foundation of most governments."

John Adams, American President

14

"There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it?"

"There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it?"

Barbara Ehrenreich, American Writer

Fear, Purpose, English, Fun

14

"A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not."

"A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not."

Roald Dahl, British Novelist

Fear, Ideas, Day, Fiction

14

"We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all."

"We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

14

"I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep."

"I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep."

Pierre Beaumarchais, French Inventor

14

"My main frustration is the fear of cancer from low dose radiation, even by radiologists."

"My main frustration is the fear of cancer from low dose radiation, even by radiologists."

John Cameron, American Scientist

Fear, Cancer, Frustration

14

"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."

"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, Turkish Politician

Fear, Direction, Rights, Human rights

14

"When you gain 50 pounds during pregnancy like I did, you fear that you'll never get back in shape."

"When you gain 50 pounds during pregnancy like I did, you fear that you'll never get back in shape."

Charisma Carpenter, American Actress

Fear, Gain, Pregnancy

14

"I fear the carnival of crime is beginning on our border."

"I fear the carnival of crime is beginning on our border."

Edward Blake, Canadian Politician

Fear, Beginning, Carnival, Crime

14

"We've begun to put fear into those whites who think they can do anything they want to a black person and get away with it."

"We've begun to put fear into those whites who think they can do anything they want to a black person and get away with it."

Charles Evers, American Activist

13

"Action conquers fear."

"Action conquers fear."

Peter Nivio Zarlenga, American Author

13

"Like the Spitfire it was immensely strong: a pilot had no need to fear the danger of pulling the wings off, no matter how desperate the situation became."

"Like the Spitfire it was immensely strong: a pilot had no need to fear the danger of pulling the wings off, no matter how desperate the situation became."

Douglas Bader, British Soldier

13

"Now nobody get nervous, you ain't got nothing to fear. You're being robbed by the John Dillinger Gang, that's the best there is!"

"Now nobody get nervous, you ain't got nothing to fear. You're being robbed by the John Dillinger Gang, that's the best there is!"

John Dillinger, American Criminal

Fear, Being, Nothing, Now

13

"The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears."

"The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears."

A. C. Benson, British Author

13

"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."

"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, American Director

Fear, Theft, Will

13

"I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts."

"I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts."

Virgil, Roman Poet

13

"In masks outrageous and austere, The years go by in single file; But none has merited my fear, And none has quite escaped my smile."

"In masks outrageous and austere, The years go by in single file; But none has merited my fear, And none has quite escaped my smile."

Elinor Wylie, American Poet

Fear, Smile, Years

13

"It was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear to me - I spoke with him many times - that they couldn't afford to let Germany build up again. They'd been invaded twice, and he wasn't willing to have it happen again."

"It was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear to me - I spoke with him many times - that they couldn't afford to let Germany build up again. They'd been invaded twice, and he wasn't willing to have it happen again."

W. Averell Harriman, American Politician

Fear, Germany, United, Want

13

"To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope."

"To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope."

Miguel De Cervantes, Spanish Novelist

Fear, Action, Hope, Reason

13

"The strongest passion is fear."

"The strongest passion is fear."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

13

"I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing."

"I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing."

Billy Bob Thornton, American Actor

13

"Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures."

"Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures."

W. Edwards Deming, American Scientist

Fear, Will, Wrong

13

"No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection."

"No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection."

Saul Bellow, American Novelist

Fear, Chicago, Protection

13

"There is fear as to whether Japan, reduced to such a predicament, could ever manage to pay reparations to certain designated Allied Powers without shifting the burden upon the other Allied Powers."

"There is fear as to whether Japan, reduced to such a predicament, could ever manage to pay reparations to certain designated Allied Powers without shifting the burden upon the other Allied Powers."

Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese Politician

13

"Fear, born of that stern matron, Responsibility."

"Fear, born of that stern matron, Responsibility."

William McFee, American Writer

Fear, Responsibility

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