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1000 Best Fear Quotes

There's a reason why anger, fear, and hatred are paths to the dark side: they all spring from a single source - the same source as a certain flavor of love. A dangerously sweet, addictive flavor. Matthew Stover

There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources, those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease. Nelson Mandela

Business is war. I go out there, I want to kill the competitors. I want to make their lives miserable. I want to steal their market share. I want them to fear me and I want everyone on my team thinking we're going to win. Kevin O'Leary

Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off. Abdullah II of Jordan

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind. Napoleon Hill

Fear is the most debilitating emotion in the world, and it can keep you from ever truly knowing yourself and others - its adverse effects can no longer be overlooked or underestimated. Fear breeds hatred, and hatred has the power to destroy everything in its path. Kevyn Aucoin

If you were born really ugly like me, have no fear. There's steps you can take to be good-looking. Kind of. Jenna Marbles

I have a vision of India: an India free of hunger and fear, an India free of illiteracy and want. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Many of the benefits from keeping terrorism fear levels high are obvious. Private corporations suck up massive amounts of Homeland Security cash as long as that fear persists, while government officials in the National Security and Surveillance State can claim unlimited powers and operate with unlimited secrecy and no accountability. Glenn Greenwald

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

No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa. Eugene Ionesco

We live in a society bloated with data yet starved for wisdom. We're connected 24/7, yet anxiety, fear, depression and loneliness is at an all-time high. We must course-correct. Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. Nikos Kazantzakis

Loneliness is, I think, people's biggest fear, whether they are conscious of it or not. Andrew Stanton

My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway. Tamara Mellon

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength. Lao Tzu

Defeat the fear of death and you welcome the death of fear. G. Gordon Liddy

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest. Napoleon Bonaparte

Our Western society is showing its technological muscles in ever more threatening ways, but the experience of fear, anxiety and even despair has increased in equal proportion. Indeed, the paradox is that the powerful giants feel as powerless as a new-born babe. Henri Nouwen

Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them. Robert Jarvik

Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear. Joseph Conrad

People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend. Jim Morrison

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored. Jean de la Bruyere

For most of us, relationship with another is based on dependence, either economic or psychological. This dependence creates fear, breeds in us possessiveness, results in friction, suspicion, frustration. Jiddu Krishnamurti

People who say, 'There's nothing to fear from spiders' have clearly never been to Australia. Cate Blanchett

Fear is the only true enemy, born of ignorance and the parent of anger and hate. Edward Albert

I have no fear of being less beautiful, I've always been afraid of not being beautiful. Isabelle Adjani

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know. Napoleon Bonaparte

People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear. Frank Ocean

I began to fear that I was forever going to be living in a hot desert cage, living as and being treated as a male, disappearing from the world into a secret prison, and never facing a public trial. Chelsea Manning

Some people ask why people would go into a dark room to be scared. I say they are already scared, and they need to have that fear manipulated and massaged. I think of horror movies as the disturbed dreams of a society. Wes Craven

The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care. F. H. Bradley

Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character. Robert Browning

Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person. Seth Godin

Do not look upon this world with fear and loathing. Bravely face whatever the gods offer. Morihei Ueshiba

There's no fear when you're having fun. Will Thomas

I have no fear of death. More important, I don't fear life. Steven Seagal

That's what's great about the horror genre is that you're getting a load of people together in the cinema at the same place and the same time, having them all experience extreme fear and come out alive at the end. It's an uplifting experience, and there's a sense of elation. Wes Craven

Most fear stems from sin; to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit. Marvin Gaye

But to be the best, you must face the best. And to overcome your fear, you must deal with the best. Barry Bonds

When something comes up that attacks people's beliefs, their first reaction tends to be fear. J. D. Pardo

What we have most to fear is failure of the heart. Sonia Johnson

I think fear is what keeps us from going over the edge. I mean, as a race car driver, I don't think what makes a good race car driver is a fearless person. I think it's somebody that is comfortable being behind the wheel of something that's somewhat out of control. Jeff Gordon

I decided to make 'Captain America' because I realized I wasn't doing the film because it terrified me. You can't make decisions based on fear. Chris Evans

I don't know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage. Jeff Bridges

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now. Alan Watts

Barack Obama's historic 2008 presidential campaign touched on all the themes I have covered throughout my career and all of the layers of meaning that run through black politics. Ambition. Aspiration. Fear. Folly. It was all on display as Obama boarded the roller coaster that ultimately led to the White House. Gwen Ifill

I have a lot of friends, but my biggest fear is loneliness. I miss my family in Mumbai, and my biggest nightmare every day is to go back home alone. Deepika Padukone

I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve. Isoroku Yamamoto

Greed, like the love of comfort, is a kind of fear. Cyril Connolly

If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend. Henri Nouwen

Most men are very attached to the idea of being male, and usually experience a lot of fear and insecurity around the idea of being a man. Most women are very identified with their gender, and also experience a tremendous amount of fear and insecurity. Andrew Cohen

A lot of people would say 'sexy' is about the body. But to me, 'sexy' is a woman with confidence. I admire women who have very little fear. Allegra Versace

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Alexander Pope

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them. Christian Nestell Bovee

Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation. Vannevar Bush

I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing. Billy Bob Thornton

We need to teach the next generation of children from day one that they are responsible for their lives. Mankind's greatest gift, also its greatest curse, is that we have free choice. We can make our choices built from love or from fear. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Man is not made better by being degraded; he is seldom restrained from crime by harsh measures, except the principle of fear predominates in his character, and then he is never made radically better for its influence. Dorothea Dix

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning. John Henry Newman

There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense. Thomas Hobbes

That might have a lot to do with it, but you know, I probably don't show fear, but I suffer from fear like everyone else. Steve Irwin

Jews survived all the defeats, expulsions, persecutions and pogroms, the centuries in which they were regarded as a pariah people, even the Holocaust itself, because they never gave up the faith that one day they would be free to live as Jews without fear. Jonathan Sacks

It is not that I don't have a fear of sharks, it is that I have a respect for them, so that I know any more than if I were to go into the jungle, I would have a fear of tigers, that I would try to lower the odds. Peter Benchley

We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might. Mignon McLaughlin

You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind. Dale Carnegie

Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth. John Wesley

People are prone to taking mental shortcuts. They may know that they shouldn't give out certain information, but the fear of not being nice, the fear of appearing ignorant, the fear of a perceived authority figure - all these are triggers, which can be used by a social engineer to convince a person to override established security procedures. Kevin Mitnick

You feel sometimes when you hear analysts and knowledgeable people talking about Iran that they fear so much about the survival of the regime, because deep down it's not a legitimate regime, it doesn't represent the will of the people, it's kind of morphed into kind of a military theocracy. Hillary Clinton

Shyness is invariably a suppression of something. It's almost a fear of what you're capable of. Rhys Ifans

I can't understand people calling themselves religious and being hateful. If a preacher is preaching hate, to fear God that's not religion, that's not helping humanity, that's organizing an army to defeat somebody. Mojo Nixon

Humble souls are fearful of their own strength. William Gurnall

Do what you fear and fear disappears. David Joseph Schwartz

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy. James Joyce

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear. Bertrand Russell

With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt. Zig Ziglar

Every animal has his or her story, his or her thoughts, daydreams, and interests. All feel joy and love, pain and fear, as we now know beyond any shadow of a doubt. All deserve that the human animal afford them the respect of being cared for with great consideration for those interests or left in peace. Ingrid Newkirk

The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance. Karl A. Menninger

Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up. Chris Pine

You need to let go of your fear and anxiety of being judged by others. Gavin Newsom

My fear is that I go up to the girl of my dreams and say 'I'm sorry, but I've got to say hello to you,' and she slides the stool back and gets up and walks away, saying, 'Not for me, Bub. I don't want anything to do with you.' John Mayer

I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven and in hell. Edvard Munch

Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself. J. K. Rowling

I don't have a fear of becoming a parent, but I do have a fear of taking care of a newborn because they are so tiny and vulnerable. Lindsay Price

The more knowledge you have, the greater will be your fear of Allah. Abu Bakr

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear. Charles Caleb Colton


I have done for my country, and for all mankind, all that I could do, and I now resign my soul, without fear, to my God - my daughter to my country. Thomas Jefferson

There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment. Hunter S. Thompson

There is that awful moment when you realize that you're falling in love. That should be the most joyful moment, and actually it's not. It's always a moment that's full of fear because you know, as night follows day, the joy is going to rapidly be followed by some pain or other. All the angst of a relationship. Helen Mirren

Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by chefs who are indifferent, or who are trying to be everything to everybody, who are trying to please everyone... Bad food is fake food... food that shows fear and lack of confidence in people's ability to discern or to make decisions about their lives. Anthony Bourdain

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader. Plato

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. Harry S Truman

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear. Jiddu Krishnamurti

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed. Swami Vivekananda

We all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure. Nick Saban

Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Tecumseh

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past. Percy Bysshe Shelley

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

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. James A. Baldwin

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

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will. W. Clement Stone

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever. Thomas Jefferson

We hold back our true feelings and beliefs, whether it's from a sense of being polite or fear of hurting someone's feelings. But what I have seen on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' is that no one benefits from holding back and keeping things bottled up inside. So I pride myself on speaking my mind and not being afraid to give honest feedback. Nate Berkus

Fear nothing; attack everything. Eric Berry

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. Helen Keller

I'm a guy who has problems with moderation. All or nothing. Binge and purge. Kill or be killed. Gray is not a color I wear well. I should be dead. I know that. I should not be successful. I know that too. My daily existence is a toss of the coin - one side, fear, the other side, gratitude. Kurt Sutter

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do. Henry Ford

From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea. Algernon Charles Swinburne

Pitching is the art of instilling fear. Sandy Koufax

But now having seen him which is invisible I fear not what man can do unto me. Anne Hutchinson

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all. Norman Vincent Peale

Because of media hype and woefully inadequate information, too many people nowadays are deathly afraid of their food, and what does fear of food do to the digestive system? I am sure that an unhappy or suspicious stomach, constricted and uneasy with worry, cannot digest properly. Julia Child

Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not 'yours,' not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you. Eckhart Tolle

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear? Confucius

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. Marie Curie

Living with fear stops us taking risks, and if you don't go out on the branch, you're never going to get the best fruit. Sarah Parish

I don't fear death so much as I fear its prologues: loneliness, decrepitude, pain, debilitation, depression, senility. After a few years of those, I imagine death presents like a holiday at the beach. Mary Roach

I am pretty fearless, and you know why? Because I don't handle fear very well; I'm not a good terrified person. Stevie Nicks

Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members. Pearl S. Buck

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain. Mark Twain

Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. David Ben-Gurion

You can defeat fear through humor, through pain, through honesty, bravery, intuition, and through love in the truest sense. John Cassavetes

Feeling earthquakes was part of growing up, and also preparing for them: doing earthquake drills, or having earthquake supplies. The looming feeling was part of my life. My experience of earthquakes has always been more the fear of them, or the possibility. Karen Thompson Walker

Fear God and work hard. David Livingstone

Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes. Maggie Kuhn

An exciting and inspiring future awaits you beyond the noise in your mind, beyond the guilt, doubt, fear, shame, insecurity and heaviness of the past you carry around. Debbie Ford

I fear that my mind would starve and that I might find myself in danger if I had no visual information, that it's chiefly the light, the shapes, the spaces, the colors that I see that compel me to keep moving forward in life and that keep me safe. Rosemary Mahoney

Let no man fear to die, we love to sleep all, and death is but the sounder sleep. Francis Beaumont

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness. James Thurber

Don't be afraid to make things up. Never fear being exposed as a fraud. Experts make things up all the time. They're qualified to. Stephen Colbert

Aversion toward the blind exists for the same reason that most prejudices exist: lack of knowledge. Ignorance is a powerful generator of fear. And fear slides easily into aggression and contempt. Rosemary Mahoney

When I left drama school, my fear was that I'd get pigeon holed into comic acting and I did so much to counter it that I got stuck in the opposite. Rufus Sewell

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. Martin Luther King, Jr.

We are never doing anyone any favors by withholding our gifts from the world. It's scary to be fierce, but you can't compromise that for fear of losing those around you. Idina Menzel

Fear is the foundation of most governments. John Adams

If you do things, whether it's acting or music or painting, do it without fear - that's my philosophy. Because nobody can arrest you and put you in jail if you paint badly, so there's nothing to lose. Anthony Hopkins

My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom. William Tecumseh Sherman

Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence. Pope John Paul II

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation. Simone de Beauvoir

The weeds keep multiplying in our garden, which is our mind ruled by fear. Rip them out and call them by name. Sylvia Browne

Muslims know that Islam clashes with Western Civilization. They make no bones about choosing Islam over their new home country, like the Syrians in Germany, or the Somali at Ohio State University. They are very open and honest on polls, because they know they have nothing to fear from the governments that welcomed them with open arms. Milo Yiannopoulos


My biggest fear is that I'm not good enough. I have this voice in my head that I've been battling for years that says, 'You're not really talented enough. You don't really deserve this.' Rachel Platten

A good spicy challenge strikes a balance between flavour and fear. Adam Richman

The entire educational process must be carried out with love, which is perceptible in every disciplinary measure and which does not instill any fear. And the most effective educational method is not the word of instruction but the living example without which all words remain useless. Edith Stein

We're taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they're of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration. Alanis Morissette

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. H. P. Lovecraft

What is the benefit of fasting in our body while filling our souls with innumerable evils? He who does not play at dice, but spends his leisure otherwise, what nonsense does he not utter? What absurdities does he not listen to? Leisure without the fear of God is, for those who do not know how to use time, the teacher of wickedness. Saint Basil

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future. Anatole France

Those who love to be feared fear to be loved. Saint Francis de Sales

Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness. John Calvin

God will never direct us to be prideful, arrogant and unforgiving, immoral or slothful or full of fear. We step into these things because we are insensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit within us. Charles Stanley

A high-quality public education can build much-needed skills and knowledge. It can help children reach their God-given potential. It can stabilize communities and democracies. It can strengthen economies. It can combat the kind of fear and despair that evolves into hatred. Randi Weingarten

We all have our ways of handling fear and managing trying; jumping in or climbing down, a direct approach or a delay, joyful or miserable, a spirit of adventure, or God help me, get this thing over with. Kristin Armstrong

I, for one, find writing excruciating. Some mornings, as I'm on my way to my desk, my hands actually tremble with fear. The fear, of course, is that I'll sit down at the desk and discover that what I've written is claptrap. Fear inevitably leads to procrastination. Rosemary Mahoney

I fear that the hearts of the vast majority of mankind would beat on strongly and steadily and without any quickening if the league were to perish altogether. Henry Cabot Lodge

I find that the prejudice in this country to color is very great, and I sometimes fear that it is on the increase. Hiram Rhodes Revels

I always felt that if someone shot me, it would be great for the environmental movement, because they would make me a martyr. Our biggest fear was our children, because there was a tremendous amount of threat and intimidation, and my wife was terrified that the children might be grabbed or assaulted in some way. That was the real fear. David Suzuki

He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies. William Hazlitt

When the U.S. claims the right to invade any country unilaterally and then defines a country like Iran or North Korea as 'evil,' then it is a rational response for these countries to develop nuclear weapons as the only military deterrent to invasion. We create what we most fear. Dean Ornish

An ugly sight, a man who is afraid. Jean Anouilh

I partly know why I have not led a perfect life like other believers. But I avow to my Lord, and I do not lie, that from the time when I first knew him, the love of God and the fear of him has grown in me from my youth so that I have, by the power of God, always till now kept the faith. Saint Patrick

Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence. And it is fragile. It can be blackened by fear and superstition. Bernard Beckett

To overcome any sort of fear is satisfying, and to overcome it well is even better. Hannah Kearney

'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights. Dag Hammarskjold

The thing I fear most is fear. Michel de Montaigne

When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear. Alfred Eisenstaedt

Columbine was so frightening. And the media took off with it, like everything else, so it instilled more fear in people. You're looking around at school for kids like the ones who committed the shootings, and you feel wrong for doing that, you know? John Robinson

Fear is the foundation of safety. Tertullian

If you have stage fright, it never goes away. But then I wonder: is the key to that magical performance because of the fear? Stevie Nicks

When I had just started 'Cheers,' my nerves were ajangle, to put it mildly. I was absolutely terrified. What you're learning is to not show the fear, and to ultimately overcome it so that the level of relaxation is commensurate with the level of tension. Woody Harrelson

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks. Napoleon Bonaparte

Being brave isn't the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it. Bear Grylls

Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film. Alfred Hitchcock

Above all, don't fear difficult moments. The best comes from them. Rita Levi-Montalcini

What is a fear of living? It's being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself - for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don't know what you're here to do, then just do some good. Maya Angelou

While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its liabilities. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us incapable of criticizing ideas that are now patently absurd and increasingly maladaptive. Sam Harris

Saints are ordinary people who do what they do for the love of Jesus, say what they must say without fear, love their neighbor even when they are cursed by him, and live without regret over yesterday or fear of tomorrow. Mother Angelica

For our part, we shall continue to work for the new dawn when all the Children of Abraham and their descendants are living together in the birthplace of their three great monotheistic religions, a life free from fear, a life free from want - a life in peace. Hussein of Jordan

Intimacy is not a happy medium. It is a way of being in which the tension between distance and closeness is dissolved and a new horizon appears. Intimacy is beyond fear. Henri Nouwen

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears. Stendhal

Since I was shot, everything is such a dream to me. Like I don't know whether I'm alive or whether I died. I wasn't afraid before. And having been dead once, I shouldn't feel fear. But I am afraid. I don't understand why. Andy Warhol

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. Dale Carnegie

My biggest fear as an actor is being involved in something mediocre, or being mediocre myself. Jonathan Brandis

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

If you are a good person, you will probably be a good father. Try not to worry too much. If you don't feel apprehensive just before your first child arrives, you are abnormal. Though catastrophe doesn't come as often in childbirth as it did a few generations ago, we naturally fear it. Clyde Edgerton

One of the greatest gifts we can give people is the hope that their death is nothing to fear - you know, not that it has no fear in it, but the promise of scripture is that God will lead us through the valley of the shadow of death. Max Lucado

The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free. Oprah Winfrey

Those who learned to know death, rather than to fear and fight it, become our teachers about life. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross


We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason, and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear, we find courage in the face of helplessness, insignificance and uncertainty. Jonathan Sacks

It's easy when you grow up in fear to act out of fear. I don't want to embrace that fear; I prefer to be kind. Akhil Sharma

You just have to get rid of fear and confront the world. Look at yourself in the mirror and say to yourself, 'I love you and nothing will destroy you and you're not going to fall.' Ricky Martin

I wanted to analyse and understand how the Chinese people could have their lives so crushed by fear. Ma Jian

I just don't know that shame and fear need to be our teachers; rather, compassion, understanding, and love should be our guides. Kyan Douglas

Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog. Robert Falcon Scott

It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion. Albert Einstein

My mother is a phenomenal woman, but when I was younger, I had this fear that I wouldn't be recognized for who I am. Selah Louise Marley

Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith. Mahatma Gandhi

As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it. Chanakya

We are looking for happiness and running after it in such a way that creates anger, fear and discrimination. So when you attend a retreat, you have a chance to look at the deep roots of this pollution of the collective energy that is unwholesome. Nhat Hanh

Whatever hardships there have been in my life I still live in a very privileged position. Fear is not knowing where your next meal is coming from. Fear is seeing a child get hurt. Fear is watching someone you love waste away. Fear is knowing you are going to die yourself. But there's no fear in what I do. I write books. James Frey

Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear. Molly Ivins

We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear. Hussein of Jordan

In too many communities, too many young men of color are left behind and seen only as objects of fear. Through initiatives like My Brother's Keeper, I'm personally committed to changing both perception and reality. Barack Obama

Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure. Jack Lemmon

Humor and laughter - not necessarily derogatory derision - are my pet tools. This may come from my general philosophy of never taking the world too seriously - for fear of dying of boredom. Marcel Duchamp

My motivation for being a good drummer was born out of fear, which, in a way, seems so antithetical to what art should be. Damien Chazelle

In time we hate that which we often fear. William Shakespeare

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us. Marianne Williamson

In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach. Andy Murray

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends. Shirley MacLaine

To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that people don't think is a good ride. Darren Aronofsky

To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end. Ramakrishna

Fear is the great enemy of intimacy. Fear makes us run away from each other or cling to each other but does not create true intimacy. Henri Nouwen

I had very little fear about it, but basically, my straight friends talked me out of it. I think they thought as I was bisexual, there was no need to. But it's amazing how much more complicated it became because I didn't come out in the early days. I often wonder if my career would have taken a different path if I had. George Michael

I've spent most of my life in prison. I was a prisoner of my fear and my low self-esteem. Gerry Cooney

Find out what you're afraid of and go live there. Chuck Palahniuk

The biggest challenge or biggest crisis knocking on the doors of humankind is fear and intolerance. Kailash Satyarthi

Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don't live angry, let go now! Joel Osteen

Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation. Graham Greene

While I don't think Trump wants to target any particular minority group, I understand their fear because he spent many months stoking it. Megyn Kelly

I do fear death. But what I actually fear is not dying. I mean, true, it will be sad. But I know that there is a better place waiting for me. Mattie Stepanek

Governments are composed of human beings, and all of the frailties that humans possess are absorbed into these governments and become active within these governments. Hatred, anger, jealousy, fear, greed, distrust and the whole host of afflictions that humans must bear, lurk just beneath the surface of civility displayed by 'government.' John McAfee

For me, every single thing I do seems to be about the process of letting go because that's what I so desperately need to do with so many things: with fear, with what people think of me, and all these things I've worried about my whole life. John Grant

It is the public that is illiterate in sciencee and math, a lazy press, and environmental advocacy groups that manufacture fear for misconceptions about energy. Rex Tillerson

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. Bertrand Russell

Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here. Marianne Williamson

My greatest fear is disappointing the reader, so each book has to be better than the one before. Anthony Horowitz

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali, I didn't have any fear. I thought, 'This is easy. This is what I've been waiting for'. No fear at all. No nervousness. And I lost. George Foreman

Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony. Jonah Goldberg

Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles. Jean Toomer

The soul grows by reincarnation in bodies provided by nature, more complex, more powerful, as the soul unfolds greater and greater faculties. And so the soul climbs upward into the light eternal. And there is no fear for any child of man, for inevitably he climbs towards God. Annie Besant

Being an entrepreneur means the ability to think out of the box by putting away our fear of any risk, including financial. Ciputra

There's a long way to fall when you pretend that you're so far away from the earth, far away from reality, floating in a bubble that's protected by fame or success. It's scary, and it's the thing I fear the most: to be swallowed up by that bubble. It can be poison to you, fame. Rihanna

There is no passion so contagious as that of fear. Michel de Montaigne


In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. Bill Cosby

In my view, the first requirement for success for an entrepreneur is to dream big. The second aspect that prevents entrepreneurs from succeeding is fear of failure. Naveen Jain

Fear is a far more dominant force in human behaviour than euphoria - I would never have expected that or given it a moment's thought before, but it shows up in the data in so many ways. Alan Greenspan

Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God. Sean Connery

Don't let fear rule your life. Live one day at a time, and never be afraid. Tammy Faye Bakker

When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home. Tecumseh

The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

I have trust issues with allowing other individuals to know my innermost secrets for fear of how I may be viewed. Everyone has this. Kevin Gates

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it. William Shenstone

Love is the total absence of fear. Love asks no questions. Its natural state is one of extension and expansion, not comparison and measurement. Gerald Jampolsky

Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world. Grace Paley

Dolls fire our collective imagination, for better and - too often - for worse. From life-size dolls the same height as the little girls who carry them, to dolls whose long hair can 'grow' longer, to Barbie and her fashionable sisters, dolls do double duty as child's play and the focus of adult art and adult fear. Ellen Datlow

When you say 'fear of the unknown', that is the definition of fear; fear is the unknown, fear is what you do not know, and it's genetically within us so that we feel safe. We feel scared of the woods because we're not familiar with it, and that keeps you safe. M. Night Shyamalan

I'm intimidated by the fear of being average. Taylor Swift

I'm a strong believer that you can build great companies in time of both greed and fear. But you have to be paying attention and operating under the right assumptions. You don't have to believe history repeats itself, but you should accept that history rhymes. Brad Feld

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

Those who own much have much to fear. Rabindranath Tagore

The fear of murder has grown so enormous in the United States that it leaves a taint, like the mark of Cain, on everyone murder touches. Eric Schlosser

Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we're thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don't show up. Amateurs crap out. Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows up, he does his work, he keeps on truckin', no matter what. Steven Pressfield

The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people. Noam Chomsky

See how fortune deludes us, and that which we put carefully into her hands, she either breaks or lets it fall from her hands, or causes it to be removed by the violence of another, or suffocates and poisons, or taints with suspicion, fear and jealousy to the great hurt and ruin of the possessor. Giordano Bruno

You know, once something freezes, it's solid. That's the key to the arctic - they didn't fear the cold, they made use of it. Wade Davis

The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born. Malala Yousafzai

Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence. Marguerite Gardiner

I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old. Robert Frost

Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you don't know how it feels to lose it all. Jay-Z

I guess I'm motivated by the fear of failure to some degree and knowing what can happen when you don't do things the way you need to do them to have success. Nick Saban

We take it for granted that we can see at all times of day and night. But there was a time, not all that long ago, in the age before electricity, when night brought total darkness - and with it, a not-so-small amount of terror. We get a sense of this when we go camping or when there's a power outage, and our fear of the darkness is primal. Jake Halpern

At the root of the shy temperament is a deep fear of social judgment, one so severe it can sometimes be crippling. Introverted people don't worry unduly about whether they'll be found wanting, they just find too much socializing exhausting and would prefer either to be alone or in the company of a select few people. Jeffrey Kluger

Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure. Arsene Wenger

I think I was so successful, not because I was brilliant, but because I was so young. I had no fear of consequences. Frank Abagnale

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship. Louisa May Alcott

No American should live in fear of going to work or sending their kids to school. Let's end the fear. Let's enforce existing gun laws. Charles B. Rangel

Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there is fear, because fear presumably has a wider extension than reverence. Socrates

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death. Epictetus

I do support artists standing by their beliefs and walking with integrity. We have to find a better way to commercially exploit music while giving artists their proper respect. This cannot be done while taking their contributions for granted or trying to control the scope of their growth and power through threats and fear tactics. Lauryn Hill

For me, it was never a question of whether or not I was transgender. It was a question of what I'd be able to handle transitioning and having to do it in the public eye. One of the issues that was hard for me to overcome was the fear of that. Chaz Bono

The first step is to distinguish the loving parts of your personality that are active from the frightened parts of your personality that are active - in other words, to learn to distinguish love from fear in you. The second step is to choose love, no matter what. Gary Zukav

It seems to me we have been in a rhetorical arms race in this country, with each side unwilling to lay down its weapons for fear - usually justified - the other side would beat them to a pulp. Pat Sajak

While I value the good opinion of my fellow citizens as highly as anyone, I may be permitted to say that I am governed by higher considerations than either the favor or the fear of man. I am impelled to the course I have taken because I fear God. Elijah Parish Lovejoy

I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings. I think it really exists and is part of the human condition. I think in the course of your life you figure out ways to deal with that. Kevin Bacon

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself. Thomas Carlyle

Only a crazy person wouldn't fear approaching a car with tinted windows during a late-night car stop, or pounding up a flight of stairs to execute a search warrant, or fast-roping from a helicopter down into hostile fire. Real agents, like real people, feel that fear in the pit of their stomachs. James Comey

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man. Georges Bernanos

How can you defy fear? Fear is a human instinct, just like hunger. Whether you like it or not, you become hungry. Similarly with fear. But I have learned to train myself to live with this fear. Shirin Ebadi

I believe in the sun. In the tangle of human failures of fear, greed and forgetfulness, the sun gives me clarity. Joy Harjo

Fear seems to have many causes. Fear of loss, fear of failure, fear of being hurt, and so on, but ultimately all fear is the ego's fear of death, of annihilation. To the ego, death is always just around the corner. In this mind-identified state, fear of death affects every aspect of your life. Eckhart Tolle

We'd all survive if Twitter shut down for a short while during major riots. Social media isn't any more important than a train station, a road or a bus service. We don't worry about police temporarily closing those. Common sense. If riot info and fear is spreading by Facebook and Twitter, shut them off for an hour or two, then restore. Louise Mensch

Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family. James K. Polk

I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength. Etty Hillesum


The underbelly of the human psyche, what is often referred to as our dark side, is the origin of every act of self-sabotage. Birthed out of shame, fear, and denial, it misdirects our good intentions and drives us to unthinkable acts of self-destruction and not-so-unbelievable acts of self-sabotage. Debbie Ford

Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have. Louis E. Boone

You can't see fear or lust; you can't photograph someone's anxieties, how disappointment feels. Photographs are approximations. Duane Michals

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it. Lyndon B. Johnson

Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people don't choose what they want; they choose what they think is safe. Phil McGraw

There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope. Baruch Spinoza

Most serious writers refuse to make themselves available to the things that technology is doing. I've never been able to understand this sort of fear. William S. Burroughs

People who are prone to anxiety are nearly always people-pleasers who fear conflict and negative feelings like anger. When you feel upset, you sweep your problems under the rug because you don't want to upset anyone. You do this so quickly and automatically that you're not even aware you're doing it. David D. Burns

The Bible says to 'fear not,' but this doesn't mean you should never feel scared. It means when you do feel fear, keep going forward and do what you are supposed to do. Or as I like to say, do it afraid. Joyce Meyer

Overcoming fear is the first step to success for entrepreneurs. The winners all exemplify that, and the hard work and commitment they have shown underlines what is needed to set up a business. Richard Branson

Our party must continue to strike fear in the heart of the white man, our real enemy! Robert Mugabe

I haven't always been thrilled with my work. But the fear of not proving the people wrong who think you can't emerge from a franchise and do well, that's a very strong driving force. Daniel Radcliffe

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

We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful. Warren Buffett

I've always had a huge fear of dying or becoming ill. The thing I'm most afraid of, though, is being alone, which I think a lot of performers fear. It's why we seek the limelight - so we're not alone, were adored. We're loved, so people want to be around us. The fear of being alone drives my life. Jennifer Lopez

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. James Stephens

As with most phobias, the fear of flying does make some sense, but if ever there was a fear worth quashing then this is it. After all, life is short, and there's a great big world to explore out there. Beth Ditto

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing. Only I will remain. Frank Herbert

If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin. Katharine Butler Hathaway

We are not angry with people we fear or respect, as long as we fear or respect them; you cannot be afraid of a person and also at the same time angry with him. Aristotle

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. Joseph Chilton Pearce

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

You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith. Mary Manin Morrissey

Fear and I were old buddies, despite my best efforts to the contrary. Peter Straub

I've always had to conquer fear when I'm on stage. Basically, I was and still am a very shy person. It's absolutely in conflict with what I do. But once I deliver the first joke I'm okay. It's like I'm out there all by myself just delivering my lines to nobody in particular without ever trying to notice the audience in front of me. Steven Wright

I'm not pugnacious or argumentative. I'd probably feel fear going into a pub in the Outback. Louis Theroux

Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures. W. Edwards Deming

No two wars are ever the same. Some are just, some are unjust, but the basic commonality shared between them all is that young men and women heeded a call to service, overcame their fear, and fought for their side. Bob Riley

You'd think true masculinity was just calm and collected happiness. So alpha male that it needs not or worries not. But typically masculine characters are always fighting, and most violence comes from some agitated level of fear and anxiety. Liev Schreiber

Fear connotes something that interferes with what you're doing. John Glenn

It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear! Anthony de Mello

Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all the emotions of fear and confusion relating to my family. Eric Clapton

No one should have to choose between medicine and other necessities. No one should have to use the emergency room every time a child gets sick. And no one should have to live in constant fear that a medical problem will become a financial crisis. Brad Henry

On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we're going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future. Barack Obama

Dare to be honest and fear no labor. Robert Burns

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. Salvador Dali

The raccoons, foxes, beavers, chinchillas, minks, rabbits, and yes, sometimes even dogs and cats that are killed for fur are not very different from your beloved dog or cat. They all have eyes, ears and hearts. They all experience pain when they are physically maimed. They shake with fear when they experience terror. Jane Velez-Mitchell

Every journey starts with fear. Jake Gyllenhaal

Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way. Kate Seredy

True nobility is exempt from fear. Marcus Tullius Cicero

I have seen (as far as it can be seen) many persons changed in a moment from the spirit of horror, fear, and despair to the spirit of hope, joy, peace; and from sinful desires, till then reigning over them, to a pure desire of doing the will of God. John Wesley

The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them. George W. Bush

Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear. Niccolo Machiavelli

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear. Dale Carnegie

A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations. Kathie Lee Gifford

Darkness might seem to obscure what's happening, but I find it's always pretty revelatory: it brings out the awe in us, the fear in us, the excitement of exploring the hidden or unknown. It seems to conceal, but it really shines a light on what we want, what we need, and what we'll do to get it. Especially when we think no one can see us. Kathe Koja

Jealousy is the fear of comparison. Max Frisch

I'm different, and my manner invites questions. I'm never afraid to answer. Marlee Matlin

I don't believe in fear - I live my life without regrets. Sean Combs

The slave girl is reared in an atmosphere of licentiousness and fear. Harriet Ann Jacobs

Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and apparent absurdity of my view, nearly induced me to abandon utterly the work I had begun. Nicolaus Copernicus

The magnitude of discrimination and stigma faced by people with disability in Australia cannot be underestimated. People do not understand disability, and people fear what they don't understand. Stella Young

Solitude is the place where we can connect with profound bonds that are deeper than the emergency bonds of fear and anger. Henri Nouwen

Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive - the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Don Miguel Ruiz


If there is one thing I fear less than everything else, it is, I believe, persecution for my opinions. There are a good many points about which I may be diffident, but when it comes to questions of Truth and intellectual independence, there is no holding me - I can envisage no finer end than to sacrifice oneself for a conviction. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Ritual is another word for fear, manifested in a different way. Conor McGregor

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. William Congreve

Our heavenly Father understands our disappointment, suffering, pain, fear, and doubt. He is always there to encourage our hearts and help us understand that He's sufficient for all of our needs. When I accepted this as an absolute truth in my life, I found that my worrying stopped. Charles Stanley

Fear is our deepest and strongest emotion, and the one which best lends itself to the creation of nature-defying illusions. H. P. Lovecraft

Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht

Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another. Aleister Crowley

I'm riveted by extreme sports like big-wave surfing, 'megaramp' skateboarding and half-pipe snowboarding. I'm fascinated partly because the sports are so exhilaratingly acrobatic. But I'm also captivated by the fear that a terrible accident might happen at any moment. And accidents do happen. Lucy Walker

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. C. S. Lewis

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood. Khalil Gibran

You don't know what bravery is until you overcome fear. Kurt Elling

When political leaders fail to denounce anti-Semitic violence and slurs, the void is not only demoralizing to the victims, but silence actually enables the wrongdoing. Silence by elected officials in particular conveys approval - or at least acquiescence - and can contribute to a climate of fear and a sense of vulnerability. Chris Smith

Every individual suffers from the fear of failure, but you can change your destiny only when you overcome it. Anupam Kher

TO fear God, is one of the first and greatest Duties of his rational Creatures. Charles Inglis

Knight without fear and without reproach. Richard Harris Barham

I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear... that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived. Harold Kushner

I'm always interested in trying to investigate different personalities. I want to keep myself guessing and keep the fear element alive, so that I don't get too comfortable. Michael Fassbender

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them. Andre Gide

Do not fear mistakes. There are none. Miles Davis

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

That is America. That is America. Those bonds of affection; that common creed. We don't fear the future; we shape it. We embrace it, as one people, stronger together than we are on our own. Barack Obama

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar. Thich Nhat Hanh

Never be afraid to sit a while and think. Lorraine Hansberry

We are becoming so fickle and self involved. Always looking for the next best thing - especially when it comes to people. We spend hours buried in our phones trying to keep up with the social lives of people we may not even know. Envy and the fear of missing out have taken over. Yet we are all still longing for human connection. Whitney Wolfe

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones. Thich Nhat Hanh

I adore life but I don't fear death. I just prefer to die as late as possible. Georges Simenon

Everyone's frightened. It's how you deal with that fear. It's very, very powerful. And what you've got to do is get it as a tailwind instead of a headwind. And that's a little bit of a judo trick in your mind. And once you learn that, fear starts to excite you. Because you know that you are going to enter into something and try it and risk. Jimmy Iovine

The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds. William James

Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future. Audrey Hepburn

My main focus in sobriety has been to replace fear with faith or love. Steve-O

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

My biggest fear in life is to be forgotten. Evita Peron

Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day. Brendan Behan

I think I have a big fear of things spiraling out of control. Out of control and dangerous and reckless and thoughtless scares me, because people get hurt. Taylor Swift

I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being ignored, so if you get debate, that's great. Damien Hirst

Sides are being divided now. It's very obvious. So if you're on the other side of the fence, you're suddenly anti-American. It's breeding fear of being on the wrong side. Sam Shepard

Fear runs our lives. It doesn't matter who you are. You have to understand your relationship with fear. Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up. Chris Pine

Is fear preventing you from taking action? Acknowledge the fear, watch it, take your attention into it, be fully present with it. Doing so cuts the link between the fear and your thinking. Don't let the fear rise up into your mind. Use the power of the Now. Fear cannot prevail against it. Eckhart Tolle

Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life. Warren E. Burger

Fear is something I try not to absorb. Mark E. Smith

Revenge and retaliation always perpetuate the cycle of anger, fear and violence. Coretta Scott King

There are few things more liberating in this life than having your worst fear realized. Conan O'Brien

I am somebody who focuses on a dialogue between generations - that's the drive of my work. I believe the young generation take the power; they'll take over at one point, but the older generation, they'll push it away only because of the fear. I'm the opposite; I'm curious. Raf Simons

Fear of men's judgment manifests itself in competition for men's approval. Ezra Taft Benson

I have this fear of clowns, so I think that if I surround myself with them, it will ward off all evil. Johnny Depp

It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly. Margaret Mead

Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall. Salman Rushdie

I never had a conscious fear of death, but I did have a conscious fear of sickness. By the time I completed medical school, that fear was gone. Sherwin B. Nuland

I've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people. Hugh Jackman


Fear, separation, hate and anger come from the wrong view that you and the Earth are two separate entities, the Earth is only the environment. You are in the centre and you want to do something for the Earth in order for you to survive. That is a dualistic way of seeing. Thich Nhat Hanh

We look at young black kids with a scowl on their face, walking a certain way down the block with their sweatpants dangling, however, with their hoodies on. And folks think that this is a show of power or a show of force. But I know, because I've been among those kids, it ultimately is fear. Ta-Nehisi Coates

As kids, there's somehow the fear that these bullies can end your life if they want to. Everything is blown up, and occasionally that kind of awful thing does happen. Jordan Peele

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble. Epicurus

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. Isaac Asimov

Logically, harmony must come from the heart... Harmony very much based on trust. As soon as use force, creates fear. Fear and trust cannot go together. Dalai Lama

We do not know what love is. We know the symptoms of it, the pleasure, the pain, the fear, the anxiety and so on. We try to solve the symptoms, which becomes a wandering in darkness. We spend our days and nights in this, and it is soon over in death. Jiddu Krishnamurti

The void, the concept of nothingness, is terrifying to most people on the planet. And I get anxiety attacks myself. I know the fear of that void. You have to learn to die before you die. You give up, surrender to the void, to nothingness. Harry Dean Stanton

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without. Martin Luther

Fear is stupid. So are regrets. Marilyn Monroe

The thing that's been inhibiting long-form investigative reporting is fear - fear of being sued, of being unpopular, of being criticized by very powerful groups. Eric Schlosser

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Nelson Mandela

The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct. Malcolm Gladwell

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. Albert Einstein

He who doesn't fear death dies only once. Giovanni Falcone

The fear that individuality will be crushed out by the growing 'tyranny' of standardization is the sort of myth which cannot withstand the briefest examination. Walter Gropius

Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. Francis Quarles

Why is it that when we get older, we get more fearful? Sandra Bullock

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman. Marian Anderson

I say I am stronger than fear. Malala Yousafzai

I wouldn't say I have a lack of fear. In fact, I'd like my fear emotion to be less because it's very distracting and fries my nervous system. Elon Musk

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve. Charles de Montesquieu

Well, the most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor. Jonathan Winters

Fear can be good when you're walking past an alley at night or when you need to check the locks on your doors before you go to bed, but it's not good when you have a goal and you're fearful of obstacles. We often get trapped by our fears, but anyone who has had success has failed before. Queen Latifah

When you are 16 there is no fear whatsoever. As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose. Wayne Rooney

I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past. Julia Ward Howe

If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles. Sun Tzu

Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future. Fulton Oursler

The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way. Charles B. Rangel

The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety. H. L. Mencken

What I am afraid of is the first thing I was ever aware of being afraid of and what I have told my daughter countless times she need not fear: being alone in the dark. It is a small prison of emotion from which there is no escape. It is also, in its own way, a shattering revelation. S. C. Gwynne

Discipline is based on pride, on meticulous attention to details, and on mutual respect and confidence. Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of the goal or the fear of failure. Gary Ryan Blair

If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you'll be living in a world with less fear, isolation and loneliness. Sharon Salzberg

That's an amazing feeling, to walk onstage, and you're not thinking about anything, you're not thinking about your lines or what you're supposed to do - your body, your brain knows, so there's freedom. There's not fear, there's not nerves. Eric McCormack

Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame. Tertullian

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead. Albert Einstein

A lot of people live in fear because they haven't figured out how you're going to react when faced with a certain set of circumstances. I've come to terms with this by looking deeply into whatever makes me fearful - what are the key elements that get the hairs up on the back of my neck - and then figuring out what I can do about it. Chris Hadfield

The mark of fear is not easily removed. Ernest Gaines


Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear. Thomas Jefferson

One of the things that all religions have is a narrative of doomsday. There has to be some kind of overarching fear of the future. If there wasn't, none of the religions could invoke this important thing - that sciencee has no evidence of, by the way - called free will. Greg Graffin

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear. Ben Jonson

Our democratic societies are in danger. In allowing ourselves to be infiltrated by fear, to be blinded by the passion of identity, we are entertaining the most serious illusions about our freedom. Tariq Ramadan

The beauty, the poetry of the fear in their eyes. I didn't mind going to jail for, what, five, six hours? It was absolutely worth it. Johnny Depp

You should have a fear of some things. That doesn't mean it incapacitates you from your ability to figure out a way to deal with it. Chris Hadfield

With compassion you can die for other people, like the mother who can die for her child. You have the courage to say it because you are not afraid of losing anything, because you know that understanding and love is the foundation of happiness. But if you have fear of losing your status, your position, you will not have the courage to do it. Thich Nhat Hanh

Due process gives teachers the latitude to use their professional judgment in their classrooms, to advocate for their students, and to not fear retribution for speaking the truth or teaching controversial subjects like evolution. As political winds shift in school districts, due process also wards off patronage or nepotism. Randi Weingarten

People react to fear, not love; they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true. Richard M. Nixon

Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom. Marilyn Ferguson

There are so many things to talk about between black people, Hispanic people, white people, gay people, men, women, it's all based on fear. We all have fears, this thing that stops us from embracing as we are one. We are never going to be one. People are messed up, but humor lets us see how ignorant we can be. Marlon Wayans

There are people in every time and every land who want to stop history in its tracks. They fear the future, mistrust the present, and invoke the security of a comfortable past which, in fact, never existed. Robert Kennedy

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Mark Twain

I delight in what I fear. Shirley Jackson

My fear is that if we don't take remedial steps to control polio in the tribal areas, we will be faced with international sanctions. Mamnoon Hussain

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

I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free. LL Cool J

I've been bitten by a python. Not a very big one. I was being silly, saying: 'Oh, it's not poisonous...' Then, wallop! But you have fear around animals. David Attenborough

A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run. George Matthew Adams

I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear. Oprah Winfrey

To me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because it's very easy in this game to believe you're something special. Keith Richards

Don't let fear or insecurity stop you from trying new things. Believe in yourself. Do what you love. And most importantly, be kind to others, even if you don't like them. Stacy London

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace. Nelson Mandela

I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them. Clara Barton

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty. David Hume

The biggest obstacle to wealth is fear. People are afraid to think big, but if you think small, you'll only achieve small things. T. Harv Eker

I have a fear of labels. If someone labels me, I have to respond - do I acknowledge it, reject it, deny it, live up to it, and defy it? Labels can affect your ability to be yourself. If you're not careful, like I wasn't when I was young, that can take a toll on you. You find yourself conforming to everyone else's ideas of who you are. B. D. Wong

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path. Khalil Gibran

The human relationship to combustion is as mysterious as it is fraught with madness. From the candle flame to the nuclear blast, it has lit up the human imagination with fear and fascination. Michael Leunig

Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work. Thich Nhat Hanh

I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it. Steve Irwin

Fear the vulture, and the vulture will come. Fear nothing, and you are the vulture. Suzy Kassem

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood. George S. Patton

Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great. Fernando Flores

When fear rushed in, I learned how to hear my heart racing but refused to allow my feelings to sway me. That resilience came from my family. It flowed through our bloodline. Coretta Scott King

People feel uncomfortable talking about racial issues out of fear that if they express things, they will be characterized in a way that's not fair. I think that there is still a need for a dialogue about things racial that we've not engaged in. Eric Holder

When we grow older and begin to realize that our omnipotence is really not so omnipotent, that our strongest wishes are not powerful enough to make the impossible possible, the fear that we have contributed to the death of a loved one diminishes - and with it, the guilt. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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

To good and true love fear is forever affixed. Francois Rabelais

I just feel like we as a human race tend to fear that which we don't understand. It's cause for a lot of bad things and bad behavior to exist on the planet. Artists have a way of touching people and changing minds in a way that sometimes other mediums don't. Billy Porter

You've got to kick fear to the side, because the payoff is huge. Mariska Hargitay

He whom many fear, has himself many to fear. Publilius Syrus

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. George Orwell

I was always afraid of dying. Always. It was my fear that made me learn everything I could about my airplane and my emergency equipment, and kept me flying respectful of my machine and always alert in the cockpit. Chuck Yeager

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then. Thomas Carlyle

I fear God and respect God and love God. Brett Ratner

An elite class that is free to operate without limits - whether limits imposed by the rule of law or fear of the responses from those harmed by their behavior - is an elite class that will plunder, degrade, and cheat at will, and act endlessly to fortify its own power. Glenn Greenwald


You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves. Hermann Hesse

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. Babe Ruth

Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time. Lou Brock

You can't let fear paralyze you. The worse that can happen is you fail, but guess what: You get up and try again. Feel that pain, get over it, get up, dust yourself off and keep it moving. Queen Latifah

I have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear, and what that means for us in a world that's becoming increasingly xenophobic, tortured by fundamentalism and nationalism. bell hooks

Fear is the mother of foresight. Thomas Hardy

Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. David Ben-Gurion

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence. Aristotle

Fear is present when we forget that we are a part of God's divine design. Learning to experience authentic love means abandoning ego's insistence that you have much to fear and that you are in an unfriendly world. You can make the decision to be free from fear and doubt and return to the brilliant light of love that is always with you. Wayne Dyer

I don't fear that a man will wear out as quickly as he will rust out. Colonel Sanders

People have a fear of the unknown. Insects have different senses than us, different amount of limbs and their body structure is very different. It's hard for us to really relate to them and understand them. Dominic Monaghan

Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear. Bernard Law Montgomery

Yes, there is a terrible moral in 'Dorian Gray' - a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy. Is this an artistic error? I fear it is. It is the only error in the book. Oscar Wilde

I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away. Hedy Lamarr

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry. Edgar Allan Poe

You get so afraid of failure and so afraid of losing and so afraid of not being the best that it's not a natural drive - it's born out of fear of failure. Which helps in Hollywood. Gabrielle Union

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power. John Steinbeck

Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy, the fear to attack. Sterling Hayden

Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives. Gary Busey

When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans. Margaret J. Wheatley

No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. Edmund Burke

I went to school with butterflies of fear every day for years - from primary school onwards - not just worried about being bullied by classmates, but by teachers. Robert Winston

The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me. Lyndon B. Johnson

Don't be afraid to see what you see. Ronald Reagan

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. Plato

Most damage that others do us is out of fear, humiliation and pain. Those feelings occur in all of us, not just in those of us who profess a certain religious or racial devotion. Alice Walker

When you're fearful, you stumble. Jenna Jameson

Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins. Charles Stanley

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement. Jimmy Carter

Our redemption through the suffering of Christ is that deeper love within us which not only frees us from slavery to sin, but also secures for us the true liberty of the children of God, in order that we might do all things out of love rather than out of fear - love for him that has shown us such grace that no greater can be found. Peter Abelard

Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear. Ovid

Never fear a job, always respect it, and always leave yourself a hind door to escape. May your hind door always be open. Red Adair

Realists do not fear the results of their study. Fyodor Dostoevsky

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back. Publilius Syrus

If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery. John Paul Jones

With something like cancer, there is a feeling that you can fight it in some way or control your response to it, but with dementia there is the fear of losing control of your mind and your life. Kevin Whately

People living deeply have no fear of death. Anais Nin

Actually, I have this random fear, and it's of bees and wasps. Bees and wasps actually scare me just a little bit. I'd rather have a snake or a crocodile, yes... I appreciate them, and I love them, but I have a slight fear. Bindi Irwin

It's important to celebrate your failures as much as your successes. If you celebrate your failures really well, and if you get to the motto and say, 'Wow, I failed, I tried, I was wrong, I learned something,' then you realize you have no fear, and when your fear goes away, you can move the world. Sebastian Thrun

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet. Nadia Comaneci

The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government. James K. Polk

The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven't had that fear. Kobe Bryant

It is the truth of grace and not of the law that brings you true freedom. The truth of the law only binds you. In fact, religious bondage is one of the most crippling bondages with which a person can be encumbered. Religious bondage keeps one in constant fear, guilt, and anxiety. Joseph Prince

I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't. Audre Lorde

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear. Albert Camus

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment. Mahatma Gandhi

For me, it's not necessarily interesting to play a strong, fearless woman. It's interesting to play a woman who is terrified and then overcomes that fear. It's about the journey. Courage is not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it. Natalie Dormer


I don't fear pain or failure anymore because I'm too grateful for the pains and failures of my past - they have made me who I am, and most of the good things in my life are a direct result of them in some way. Scott Derrickson

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain

What has kept the world safe from the bomb since 1945 has not been deterrence, in the sense of fear of specific weapons, so much as it's been memory. The memory of what happened at Hiroshima. John Hersey

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. Louis D. Brandeis

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest. Napoleon Bonaparte

Sailing is the closest I can get to nature - it's adrenaline, fear, a constant challenge and learning experience, an adventure into the unknown. And of course there is nothing better than wearing the same T-shirt for days and not brushing my hair for weeks. Daria Werbowy

We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all. Eleanor Roosevelt

I love the ocean. I've always liked the blue, so tranquil and peaceful and gliding. And the fear of it. Siouxsie Sioux

A life lived in fear is a life half lived. Baz Luhrmann

Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death. Erik Erikson

Sleep makes people calmer, more alert, less fearful - just plain happier, or so I see around me and in me. I am sure that if this great nation were to concentrate on getting more sleep, we would be a happier, more confident people, and that by itself would be a major achievement. Ben Stein

Man's loneliness is but his fear of life. Eugene O'Neill

Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear. William Shakespeare

If one has fear, there can be no initiative in the creative sense of the word. To have initiative in this sense is to do something original - to do it spontaneously, naturally, without being guided, forced, controlled. It is to do something which you love to do. Jiddu Krishnamurti

If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened. George S. Patton

Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear. Douglas MacArthur

I have a fear of being boring. Christian Bale

Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something. Frederick W. Smith

Man's greatest fear is chaos. Marilyn Manson

Somehow we can't live outside the politics of race. There's something very deep in all of us, that is taught to us when we are very, very little. Which is the disrespect and fear of the other. Anna Deavere Smith

Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear. Judy Blume

You are right, but the weakness does not come from the millions of Muslims in the world. They do not mind being radical, they have no fear to speak out and to protest and to jihad. Abu Bakar Bashir

All of us have been trained by education and environment to seek personal gain and security and to fight for ourselves. Though we cover it over with pleasant phrases, we have been educated for various professions within a system which is based on exploitation and acquisitive fear. Jiddu Krishnamurti

If Mr. Obama could walk across the Peace Bridge in Hiroshima - whose balustrades were designed by the Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi as a reminder both of his ties to East and West and of what humans do to one another out of hatred - it would be both a real and a symbolic step toward creating a world that knows no fear of nuclear threat. Issey Miyake

The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death. Jim Morrison

We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays. Persius

The choice that frees or imprisons us is the choice of love or fear. Love liberates. Fear imprisons. Gary Zukav

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause. Plutarch

Boys with a 'failure to launch' are invisible to most girls. With poor social skills, the boys feel anger at their fear of being rejected and self-loathing at their inability to compete. Warren Farrell

But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear. Reese Witherspoon

What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it. Jiddu Krishnamurti

I have been in Congress for more than a half century. I have lived through times of fear and times of hope. Of despair and of achievement. I have seen our government at its best, but today I fear that we see our government at its worst. Robert Byrd

I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control. Javier Bardem

Like a blazing comet, I've traversed infinite nights, interstellar spaces of the imagination, voluptuousness and fear. Antonio Tabucchi

I still get thrilled by the energy that is a live performance, the fear and the panic and the electricity that happens on the night. I think jolting myself every once in a while with that fear is a good thing for me. Jane Krakowski

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and, most easily of all, the gate of fear. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

An award means a lot to me. It brings happiness along with a kind of fear. It brings fear because the award is the responsibility which audiences have put on us. So a singer winning an award should always try to give best of him to the audiences. Shreya Ghoshal

I think everyone shares a fear of failure - that you're only as good as your most recent collection. That's definitely a fear, but it's a fear that fuels me, that makes me want to work harder, that makes me take on more challenges. Alexander Wang

Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality. Morality is not bribery or threats. Religion is bribery and threats. Humans have morality. We don't need religion. Penn Jillette

Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them. Umberto Eco

Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child. Marilyn Monroe

My 'fear' is my substance, and probably the best part of me. Franz Kafka


Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. Thomas J. Watson

The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another. Noam Chomsky

The responses that environmentalists evoke - fear, anxiety, numbness, despair - are not helpful, even if they are understandable. It should be fascinating, even enthralling, to be in the milieu of environmental change. Paul Hawken

Besides individual things like thunder and gunshots, what dogs fear most is not belonging, being alone. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency. Douglas MacArthur

The fear of the never-ending onslaught of gizmos and gadgets is nothing new. The radio, the telephone, Facebook - each of these inventions changed the world. Each of them scared the heck out of an older generation. And each of them was invented by people who were in their 20s. Daniel H. Wilson

The scariest thought in the world is that someday I'll wake up and realize I've been sleepwalking through my life: underappreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear, and the habitual. George Saunders

Discouragement, fear, doubt, lack of self-confidence, are the germs which have killed the prosperity and happiness of tens of thousands of people. Orison Swett Marden

Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear. Joan D. Vinge

Because the biological mechanisms that affect our health and well-being are so dynamic, when people change their diet and lifestyle, they usually feel so much better, so quickly; it reframes the reason for changing from fear of dying to joy of living. Also, the support that patients give each other is a powerful motivator. Dean Ornish

Fear is a good thing. Fear is going to lead you to take action. Stephen Bannon

The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence. Adam Smith

Our articles of confederation ought to be revised and measures immediately taken to invigorate the Continental Union. Depend upon it: there lies the danger for America. This last stroke is wanting, and unless the states be strongly bound to each other, we have to fear from British and, indeed, from European politics. Marquis de Lafayette

War is hell. You can't photograph a flying bullet, but you can capture genuine fear. Horst Faas

Authoritarian political ideologies have a vested interest in promoting fear, a sense of the imminence of takeover by aliens and real diseases are useful material. Susan Sontag

To fight fear, act. To increase fear - wait, put off postpone. David Joseph Schwartz

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness. H. P. Lovecraft

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you. William Jennings Bryan

Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it. Lionel Richie

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike. Horace Mann

It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. Aung San Suu Kyi

There is nothing natural, inevitable, or necessary about the labyrinth of fear. We can liberate ourselves. There are better ways to live. Someone has to take the initiative to love and trust her fellow living creature and set us all free. Brendan Myers

My greatest political asset, which professional politicians fear, is my mouth, out of which come all kinds of things one shouldn't always discuss for reasons of political expediency. Shirley Chisholm

There's two sorts of fear: one you embrace and one you should listen to and turn the other way. Matthew McConaughey

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge. Dale Carnegie

I will show you fear in a handful of dust. T. S. Eliot

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose consciencee approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. Thomas Paine

For any new technology there is always controversy and there always some fear associated with it. I think that's just the price of being first sometimes. Hugh Grant

Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough. Brene Brown

Fear has its use but cowardice has none. Mahatma Gandhi

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. Eleanor Roosevelt

At 16, 17, you have no fear. You don't think or analyze. You just play on automatic. You can get smarter as you get older, but in sports you can be too smart, you know? Anna Kournikova

A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity; he ought not to despise humility, but should love forbearance and modesty. All these are an ornament to youthful years. Saint Ambrose

I've gone seventy-nine hours without sleep, creating. When that flow is going, it's almost like a high. You don't want it to stop. You don't want to go to sleep for fear of missing something. Dr. Dre

Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. Martha Beck

The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears. Eckhart Tolle

People say to me all the time, 'You have no fear.' I tell them, 'No, that's not true. I'm scared all the time. You have to have fear in order to have courage. I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person.' Ronda Rousey

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear. Joan Didion

People with bad consciencees always fear the judgment of children. Mary McCarthy

Always do what you are afraid to do. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Failure isn't an option. I've erased the word 'fear' from my vocabulary, and I think when you erase fear, you can't fail. Alicia Keys

When someone died in the wilderness of frontier America, that person's physical remains were buried and the handcarts continued west, but the mourning survivors had hope for their loved one's eternal soul. However, when someone dies spiritually in the wilderness of sin, hope may be replaced by dread and fear for the loved one's eternal welfare. James E. Faust

I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great expectations for the future, but I just don't know if I'm the monarch of all I survey. Sylvester Stallone

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out. Benjamin Franklin

We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends. Eric Hoffer

The only prejudice I've found anywhere in TV is in some advertising agencies, and there isn't so much prejudice as just fear. Nat King Cole

Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten. Mary Catherine Bateson

The First World War was a horror of gas, industrialised slaughter, fear, and appalling human suffering. Nick Harkaway


One of the key elements of human behavior is, humans have a greater fear of loss than enjoyment of success. All the academic studies will show you that the fear of loss of capital is far greater than the enjoyment of gains. Laurence D. Fink

It's heavy, but I am able to carry it. Why? Because I'm an African woman. An African woman carries heavy loads anyway. That's how we are trained; we are brought up that nothing is unbearable. I use that now, positively. I use that now to have the thick skin that I have, and not fear, and move forward, and push; and push forward. Joyce Banda

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear. Buddha

I'll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. I mean really, no fear! Nina Simone

'Toy Story' we found, sorta by accident, because we didn't know what we were doing, the idea of being replaced by somebody. Everybody has that fear, or encounters this jealousy at some point. Pete Docter

So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty. All other pacts of love or fear derive from it and are modeled upon it. Haniel Long

Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear. Dan Millman

My work ethic came from my parents and my fear of failure. I came from a small, predominantly black school and I didn't want to let them down. Jerry Rice

Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted. Andrew Jackson

I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I'm like, 'My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don't have it. I just want to chill.' We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it. Kobe Bryant

We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves. Abraham Maslow

What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels. Saint Augustine

I don't have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated. Tupac Shakur

I think, however, that so long as our present economic and national systems continue, scientific research has little to fear. John B. S. Haldane

As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula. Dave Barry

I saw my city gripped by fear. Because of violent acts committed by illegal aliens, my residents were afraid to shop - or even drive - on certain streets. Lou Barletta

Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in good things because of the grace of what has been, and the latter in order that, while he is young, he may at the same time be old, because he has no fear of the things which are to come. Epicurus

I never, ever thought I would be able to grow a beard like I have now. I think it's gonna be here for a little minute. Fear the beard, hopefully. Odell Beckham, Jr.

I am so tired of fear. And I don't want my girls to live in a country, in a world, based on fear. Michelle Obama

Action can cure fear and hesitation and doubt. Lewis Howes

'Amusement' is appealing because we don't have to think; it spares us the fear and anxiety that might otherwise prey on our thoughts. John Ortberg

As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others. Marianne Williamson

Secrets of the past! Who does not wish to keep the past locked in a cage like a ferocious beast? The rich are sleepless for fear of thieves. The respectable have to guard their reputations in the same way. Munshi Premchand

I think fearless is having fears but jumping anyway. Taylor Swift

Limits, like fear, is often an illusion. Michael Jordan

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. William E. Gladstone

People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters. Bill Gates

You see in times of crisis that extremist forces, populist forces, have a better ground to oversimplify things and to manipulate feelings. Feelings of fear. Jose Manuel Barroso

Thought is an errand boy, fear a mine of worries. Yunus Emre

In this life struggle, here I am among you fully cognizant that a true believer has no fear of what God has ordained for him. Those who are visited by fear live only for their present, under the illusion that the world began with them and will end with their departure. Hussein of Jordan

The process of spotting fear and refusing to obey it is the source of all true empowerment. Martha Beck

Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd. Bertrand Russell

Let us banish fear. Carter G. Woodson

You need fear and doubt to drive you on. Without it, you end up living in the past and being happy with what you have achieved. Tony McCoy

The deepest fear we have, 'the fear beneath all fears,' is the fear of not measuring up, the fear of judgment. It's this fear that creates the stress and depression of everyday life. Tullian Tchividjian

It sounds funny, but my biggest fear is that I'm not perfect. I'm a perfectionist, and I get upset when things go wrong or when I don't do well. Nick Jonas

When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us. bell hooks

A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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

There is nothing in the universe that I fear, but that I shall not know all my duty, or shall fail to do it. Mary Lyon

I'm not at the point where I'd feel safe in a house alone. I would be really scared. I'm the kind of person that when I get up to go use the bathroom I have this big long hallway, and I just know someone's going to jump out and get me. Britney Spears

In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth. Xun Kuang

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment. Chanakya

Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. Bashar al-Assad

Fear is the highest fence. Dudley Nichols

The independent girl is a person before whose wrath only the most rash dare stand, and, they, it must be confessed, with much fear and trembling. Lou Henry Hoover

The mind of America is seized by a fatal dry rot - and it's only a question of time before all that the mind controls will run amuck in a frenzy of stupid, impotent fear. Hunter S. Thompson

Bad news sells because the amygdala is always looking for something to fear. Peter Diamandis


Every time that I'm in the dark, I imagine what might be lurking in the shadows. It's kind of like a drug in that way - darkness seems to change the way I think - making me way more prone to fear. Jake Halpern

Some days, 24 hours is too much to stay put in, so I take the day hour by hour, moment by moment. I break the task, the challenge, the fear into small, bite-size pieces. I can handle a piece of fear, depression, anger, pain, sadness, loneliness, illness. I actually put my hands up to my face, one next to each eye, like blinders on a horse. Regina Brett

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear. Sammy Davis, Jr.

Maybe it's stress or anger or adrenaline or disillusionment or a bullying nature or simple fear of getting killed themselves, but there is a problem if a cop cannot tell the difference between a menacing gangster and the far more common person they encounter whose life is a little frayed and messy. David Horsey

Fear of failure, it's the greatest motivational tool. It drives me and drives me and drives me. Jerry West

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind. Dale Carnegie

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. Homer

Basically, there are two paths you can walk: faith or fear. It's impossible to simultaneously trust God and not trust God. Charles Stanley

Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to be on the downside. In up markets, volatility tends to gradually decline. Philip Roth

We crucify ourselves between two thieves: regret for yesterday and fear of tomorrow. Fulton Oursler

I went to a hypnotist to learn how not to use drinking a pint before you go on as a way of giving you the confidence to just fly at it, irrespective of the fear. That's not a long-term strategy, when you do as many gigs as I do. Stewart Lee

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

Self-acknowledgment boosts your emotional and spiritual immunity, giving you the strength you need to release the past and rise above fear, doubt or resignation. Debbie Ford

The purpose of torture is not getting information. It's spreading fear. Eduardo Galeano

Jealousy, greed, fear. We're all full of these things. But also love and compassion. If you saw a drowning baby, it wouldn't matter if you were wearing a tuxedo on the way to your own wedding. You'd jump in to save him. John McAfee

I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. J. K. Rowling

Time travel was once considered scientific heresy, and I used to avoid talking about it for fear of being labelled a 'crank.' Stephen Hawking

Stage fright is my worst problem. A voice is very intimate. It's something of your own. So there's always this fear, because you feel naked. There's a fear of not reaching up to expectations. Andrea Bocelli

The United Kingdom has committed the heresy of breaking the chains of the E.U. This is a signal victory for democracy. It is a slap in the face to the European system which was increasingly based on fear, blackmail, and lies. Marine Le Pen

I know from personal experience how fear and low self worth can cripple one's ability to succeed in life. But with a little support, caring and inspiration, miracles can happen. Richard Hatch

You may be educated abroad, you may be a great scientist, politician, but you always have a sneaking fear that if you don't go to temples or do the ordinary things that you have been told to do, something evil might happen, so you conform. What happens to the mind that conforms? Investigate it, please. Jiddu Krishnamurti

By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown. Samuel Daniel

I know what it's like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing. Shakira

There is nothing in this world that I fear to say. Dmitri Mendeleev

It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail. Jimmy Carter

I was a very fearful little kid, and I would always see the worst in everything. The glass was half-empty. I would see people kissing, and I would think one was trying to bite the other. Daniel Clowes

Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance. Arnold H. Glasow

God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear. Ruby Dee

Fear, greed and hope have destroyed more portfolio value than any recession or depression we have ever been through. James O'Shaughnessy

Love is a really scary thing, and you never know what's going to happen. It's one of the most beautiful things in life, but it's one of the most terrifying. It's worth the fear because you have more knowledge, experience, you learn from people, and you have memories. Ariana Grande

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

Your timeless self does not age and has no fear of the future. Contemplate your physical self and all its possessions, and practice laughing peacefully at it all. Wayne Dyer

Fear of the unknown is a great creative partner. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I have a fear of public speaking. It's very hard work. Words are not my skill, and because they're not my skill, I have to work doubly hard. Kerry Stokes

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely. Buddha

For me, personally, when I'm afraid of something - when you're afraid of something, normally you try to go away, you try to avoid it. Instead of avoiding it, to overcome your fear, I believe you need to embrace it. Georges St-Pierre

I think a lot of self-importance is a product of fear. And fear, living in sort of an un-self-examined fear-based life, tends to lead to narcissism and self-importance. Moby

But when I went to Hiroshima and began to study or just listen to people's descriptions of their work, it was quite clear they were talking about death all the time, about people dying all around them, about their own fear of death. Robert Jay Lifton

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death. Julius Caesar

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson

What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse. Isabel Allende

When we look back on all the perils through which we have passed and at the mighty foes that we have laid low and all the dark and deadly designs that we have frustrated, why should we fear for our future? We have come safely through the worst. Winston Churchill

At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared myself to do that, to stand out. Now I'll talk about being beaten up or robbed or making a stupid decision because of a girl or whatever. Kendrick Lamar

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. George S. Patton

I'm not one of those guys that has a great worldview. I kind of deal with terror and fear and isolation and abandonment. David Bowie

Listen to what you know instead of what you fear. Richard Bach

Teenagers watch and listen to all kinds of things. It is the nature of being a teenager to seek out intense stuff. Stuff about death and sex and love and fear. Teenagers are the bravest, most curious, most philosophical, most open-minded readers there are, which is why so many less-than-young adults like writing for them. Matt Haig

A lot of people feel trapped by circumstance, by the expectations of others or the perception that they need a lot of money. They would like to have a different direction in their lives, but they're held back by fear or desires that are incompatible with that freedom. Roz Savage

A sure sign of a soul-based workplace is excitement, enthusiasm, real passion; not manufactured passion, but real involvement. And there's very little fear. David Whyte

One of the darkest, deepest shames so many of us mothers feel nowadays is our fear that we are Bad Mothers, that we are failing our children and falling far short of our own ideals. Ayelet Waldman

I had to confront my fears and master my every demonic thought about inferiority, insecurity, or the fear of being black, young, and gifted in this Western culture. Lauryn Hill

Right now, politics follows the rules of talk radio - using conflict, tension, fear, and resentment to find new recruits. John Avlon

Identifying and overcoming natural fear is one of the pleasing struggles intrinsic to climbing. Alex Lowe

You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed. Napoleon Hill

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great. John Dryden

Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result. Andrew Jackson

Yoga is a way to freedom. By its constant practice, we can free ourselves from fear, anguish and loneliness. Indra Devi


Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free. Jim Morrison

I had a fear of being alone. Gloria Gaynor

I don't want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about. Emma Watson

This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect. Dwight D. Eisenhower

He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy. Chanakya

I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be put out. Dean Inge

I think I'm like most people - we fear the unknown and the things that have yet to come to pass, which are the very things that don't deserve to be feared. When you give God complete control, it's very hard not to be fearless. Rihanna

People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd. Hannah Kent

I've learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for you. The journey is valuable, but believing in your talents, your abilities, and your self-worth can empower you to walk down an even brighter path. Transforming fear into freedom - how great is that? Soledad O'Brien

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism. Robert Green Ingersoll

It is really very important while you are young to live in an environment in which there is no fear. Most of us, as we grow older, become frightened; we are afraid of living, afraid of losing a job, afraid of tradition, afraid of what the neighbours, or what the wife or husband would say, afraid of death. Jiddu Krishnamurti

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness. Stewart Udall

I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him. Saint Teresa of Avila

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.' Eleanor Roosevelt

You have to let fear go. Another lesson is you just have to believe in yourself; you just have to. There's no way around it. No matter how things are stacked against you, you just have to every time. Venus Williams

Exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it's not change, it's partisanship. We don't need partisanship. We don't need demagoguery, we need solutions. Paul Ryan

So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to master nowadays: to look at things without fear, and to fearlessly do right. Friedrich Durrenmatt

Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear. George W. Bush

I have a very positive attitude in life. My insecurity, fear and need to know about tomorrow has fortunately eased. What is going to happen will happen anyway. So why break my head over it? Katrina Kaif

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset. George MacDonald

We keep score in life because it matters. It counts. It matters. Too many people opt out and never discover their own abilities because they fear failure. They don't understand commitment. Pat Summitt

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both. Niccolo Machiavelli

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. Aristotle

I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own. Jackson Pollock

A word does not frighten the man who, in acting, feels no fear. Sophocles

I like those crisis moments - if you're on top of it and don't get pulled under by panic and fear, it's a very bonding thing. Bill Pullman

Not being happy really is my fear. Keke Palmer

We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too. Langston Hughes

Fear is real, but so is love. Alice Walker

The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything. Eric Hoffer

Dolls, perhaps more than any other object, demonstrate just how thin the line between love and fear, comfort and horror, can be. They are objects of love and sources of reassurance for children, coveted prizes for collectors, sources of terror and horror in numerous movies, television shows, books, and stories. Ellen Datlow

When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger. Hale White

We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict. Jim Morrison

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts. Elizabeth I

There's no love more intense than the love we have for our kids - and where there is intense love, there is also intense fear lurking beneath the surface. Arianna Huffington

As I get older, the more I stay focused on the acceptance of myself and others, and choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear. Tracee Ellis Ross

What you believe is very powerful. If you have toxic emotions of fear, guilt and depression, it is because you have wrong thinking, and you have wrong thinking because of wrong believing. Joseph Prince

Consciously or not, we are all on a quest for answers, trying to learn the lessons of life. We grapple with fear and guilt. We search for meaning, love, and power. We try to understand fear, loss, and time. We seek to discover who we are and how we can become truly happy. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear. Corrie Ten Boom

Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall. Walter Raleigh

Most of us experience a life full of wonderful moments and difficult moments. But for many of us, even when we are most joyful, there is fear behind our joy. Thich Nhat Hanh

This is all you have. This is not a dry run. This is your life. If you want to fritter it away with your fears, then you will fritter it away, but you won't get it back later. Laura Schlessinger

People are wired for lots of things. We're wired for novelty. We're wired for humor. We're wired for new pieces of information that surprise us in some way or add value to our lives. We're wired for fear. Ramez Naam

Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God. Mahatma Gandhi

I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker. Stanley Kubrick

Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you don't know how it feels to lose it all. You don't have that fear. So why do you think people get stuck in those boxes? It's that fear of going back down. Jay-Z

There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility. Abu Bakr

I hesitate to use a pathologizing label, but underneath the so-called narcissistic personality is definitely shame and the paralyzing fear of being ordinary. Brene Brown

Fear is the passion of slaves. Patrick Henry

I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear - it was not a fear of not being accepted - was a very violent fear of failure. Emanuel Steward

They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure. James Allen

If you flee from the things you fear, there's no resolution. Chuck Palahniuk

I have now taken a serious task upon myself and I fear a greater one that is in the power of any man to perform in the given time-but it is too late to go back. Eli Whitney

I, like everybody else, have a certain fear of heights, and I have to be very careful when I am in the clouds, but it is also what I love; it is my domain, so when you love something, you don't have fear. Philippe Petit

Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house. John Cheever

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. Thomas Paine

Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life. What is it you would let go of today? Mary Manin Morrissey

You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear. Candace Bushnell

Let us not act out of fear and misunderstanding, but out of the values of inclusion, diversity, and regard for all that make our country great. Loretta Lynch

I have always loved to use fear, to take it and comprehend it and make it work and consolidate a situation where I was afraid and take it whole and work from there. Shirley Jackson

It's my fond hope that social networks such as Facebook will help users broaden their perspectives by listening to a different set of people than they encounter in their daily life. But I fear services such as Facebook may be turning us into imaginary cosmopolitans. Ethan Zuckerman

I don't like rats, but there's not much else I don't like. The problem with rats is they have no fear of human beings, they're loaded with foul diseases, they would run the place given half the chance, and I've had them leap out of a lavatory while I've been sitting on it. David Attenborough

Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of. Robert Benchley

The greatest want of the world is the want of men - men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose consciencee is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall. Ellen G. White


Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love them. Dorothy Day

How very little can be done under the spirit of fear. Florence Nightingale

Five decades ago, as India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, began visibly ailing, the nation and the world were consumed by the question: 'After Nehru, who?' The inexpressible fear lay in the subtext to the question: 'After Nehru, what?' Shashi Tharoor

Life is a balance of fear and overcoming it. Jimmy Iovine

I've come to the conclusion that mythology is really a form of archaeological psychology. Mythology gives you a sense of what a people believes, what they fear. George Lucas

The fear of life, the fear of burdens and of duties, of annoyances and of catastrophes! The fear of life, which makes us, through dread of its sufferings, refuse its joys. Ah! I tell you, this cowardliness enrages me; I cannot forgive it. We must live - live a complete life - live all our life. Emile Zola

But I fear, my lot being cast in Scotland, that beauty would not be content. Anne Boyd

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead. Bertrand Russell

Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe. T. D. Jakes

We want to take the energy surrounding the Sandy Hook anniversary that might otherwise be consumed by grief or anger - or this week in San Bernardino by fear - and channel some of that to honor our common humanity and love each other. Elizabeth Esty

Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them. Marilyn Ferguson

The resistance to praying is like the resistance of tightly clenched fists. This image shows a tension, a desire to cling tightly to yourself, a greediness which betrays fear. Henri Nouwen

Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear. Umberto Eco

The world is full of a lot of fear and a lot of negativity, and a lot of judgment. I just think people need to start shifting into joy and happiness. As corny as it sounds, we need to make a shift. Ellen DeGeneres

I have a fear of water, believe it or not. To put a wire 12 feet over a swimming pool frightens me. I don't like water. Philippe Petit

Civilisation, the orderly world in which we live, is frail. We are skating on thin ice. There is a fear of a collective disaster. Terrorism, genocide, flu, tsunamis. Zygmunt Bauman

We should not be afraid to go into a new era, to leave the old beyond. Zack Wamp

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself. Samuel Butler

Space is something that you have to define. Otherwise, it is like anxiety, which is too vague. A fear is something specific. I like claustrophobic spaces, because at least then you know your limits. Louise Bourgeois

God is not so wary as we, else He would give us no friends, lest we forget Him! The charms of the heaven in the bush are superseded, I fear, by the heaven in the hand, occasionally. Emily Dickinson

I fear no man, no beast or evil, brother. Hulk Hogan

I love the idea that horror and fear is a celebration of health and life. Penn Jillette

No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted. Olive Schreiner

Just as courage is the danger of life, so is fear its safeguard. Leonardo da Vinci

When fear makes your choices for you, no security measures on earth will keep the things you dread from finding you. But if you can avoid avoidance - if you can choose to embrace experiences out of passion, enthusiasm, and a readiness to feel whatever arises - then nothing, nothing in all this dangerous world, can keep you from being safe. Martha Beck

I've done plenty of daredeviling - from white-water rafting to bungee jumping. But I think the most fearless was hosting the Emmy Awards. It was overwhelming, and I definitely had to leave fear at the door. Neil Patrick Harris

Fear makes us feel our humanity. Benjamin Disraeli

What people fear most about tragedy is its randomness - a taxi cab jumps the curb and hits a pedestrian, a gun misfires and kills a bystander. Better to have some rational cause and effect between incident and injury. And if cause and effect aren't possible, better that there at least be some reward for all the suffering. Jeffrey Kluger

The safest course is to do nothing against one's consciencee. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death. Voltaire

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering. Dalai Lama

We all have a role to play in creating safe environments where everyone can be free to work without fear. Anna Wintour

When men don't fear God, they give themselves to evil. Ray Comfort

We fear that this moment will end, that we won't get what we need, that we will lose what we love, or that we will not be safe. Often, our biggest fear is the knowledge that one day our bodies will cease functioning. So even when we are surrounded by all the conditions for happiness, our joy is not complete. Thich Nhat Hanh

We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries. Harry S Truman

African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence. Wangari Maathai

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live. Dorothy Thompson

The secret of life is to have no fear; it's the only way to function. Stokely Carmichael

Fear has many eyes and can see things underground. Miguel de Cervantes

We do not just fear our predators, we are transfixed by them. We are prone to weave stories and fables and chat endlessly about them. Peter Benchley

It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear. Douglas MacArthur

There is no fear when you choose love. The more you choose love, the more love is in your life. It gets easier and easier. Melissa Etheridge

Men's most superficial feelings lead them to prefer cruel laws. Nevertheless, when they are subjected to them themselves, it is in each man's interest that they be moderate, because the fear of being injured is greater than the desire to injure. Cesare Beccaria

At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division. Jesse Jackson

One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're a star you're dead already. You're embalmed. Dustin Hoffman

The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear. Josh Billings

It's a universal truth that no parent wishes to acknowledge that the fear and phobias we are in thrall to in adulthood almost invariably connect back to childhood experiences. Mariella Frostrup

You have to be sincere in your feelings. And fear is one of those, sometimes; doubt is one of those; jealousy, anger - all your emotions are not going to be considered the strong emotions; all of them are not going to be love, happiness, joy. Common

I have no doubt that given a real choice, the vast majority of Muslims and Arabs, like everyone else will choose a free society over a fear society. Natan Sharansky


Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey. Lord Byron

My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning. Huey Newton

I wore a mullet to the Grammys! I have no fear. Zendaya

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius

The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror! Joyce Meyer

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it. Leonardo da Vinci

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. Bertrand Russell

I hate imperialism. I detest colonialism. And I fear the consequences of their last bitter struggle for life. We are determined that our nation, and the world as a whole, shall not be the plaything of one small corner of the world. Sukarno

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream. Paulo Coelho

Do not let friars enter your wine cellars for fear they will bless every barrel and change the wine into blood. John Wycliffe

I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure. Octavia E. Butler

Men walk this tightrope where any sign of weakness illicits shame, and so they're afraid to make themselves vulnerable for fear of looking weak. Brene Brown

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. Henry Van Dyke

Greed is normally balanced by fear. Peter Schiff

Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. H. L. Mencken

The one thing I've learned is that stuttering in public is never as bad as I fear it will be. John Stossel

From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments of sadness or fear. That's what I believe, and it was very, very strong in the forest. Jane Goodall

I always say that death can be one of the greatest experiences ever. If you live each day of your life right, then you have nothing to fear. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

See, the 'On the Road' that came out in 1957 was censored. A lot of the honesty of it, the bitter honesty, is in the original scroll version that came out in 2007 on the 50-year anniversary. Back then, there was so much post-Second World War fear that was imposed on everybody - 'You must live life this way' - and these guys were bored. Garrett Hedlund

Vaccines save lives; fear endangers them. It's a simple message parents need to keep hearing. Jeffrey Kluger

I think that the problem is that people fear so many things and they don't live life to its fullest. And for me as an artist, if God should want me to come this Wednesday to the end of my life, so be it. Criss Angel

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. Baruch Spinoza

It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking. Julius Caesar

Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise. Cyril Connolly

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Steve Jobs

Courage is knowing what not to fear. Plato

If you can't relax during your interview, then nothing you do to prepare will matter. Being yourself is essential to the selection process, and interviewers will feel it if you're too nervous. Showing fear or anxiety appears weak compared to a relaxed smile and genuine confidence. Travis Bradberry

Change comes with both fear and some pain. Those two ingredients create mistrust, misunderstanding and misinformation. Such is the process of democracy. David Mixner

I have a son, who is a... not an ordinary form of schizophrenia, but clearly, cannot take care of himself. And the great fear of then, of all parents is, when the parents die, who takes care of your child? And the answer is: they become homeless. James D. Watson

I guess the worst moment I ever had in business was the fear that Southwest Airlines wouldn't get off the ground. Herb Kelleher

One way of watering down the effects of violence is to approach it in a more lighthearted way. I don't mean to say that you laugh when somebody has their arm sawn off, but you can diffuse fear with humour. Colin Baker

People were already beginning to forget, what horrible suffering the war had brought them. I did not want to cause fear and panic, but to let people know how dreadful war is and so to stimulate people's powers of resistance. Otto Dix

So fear helps me from making mistakes, but I make lot of mistakes. Steve Irwin

Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use. Earl Nightingale

We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse. Gail Sheehy

There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do. Luc de Clapiers

No one should have to live in fear. Jeff Fortenberry

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few. Stendhal

As an actor you have one great fear: pimples! Jonathan Brandis

I feel connected to my generation through the music, but I also fear for us. We're in a very self-destructive state where we're addicted to outside opinions and we all feel like we have fans. Drake

When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - then all Americans are in peril. Harry S Truman

You see, what is my purpose of performance artist is to stage certain difficulties and stage the fear the primordial fear of pain, of dying, all of which we have in our lives, and then stage them in front of audience and go through them and tell the audience, 'I'm your mirror; if I can do this in my life, you can do it in yours.' Marina Abramovic

Perhaps I am naive, but I believe that at this point in history, the greatest danger to our freedom and way of life comes from the reasonable fear of omniscient State powers kept in check by nothing more than policy documents. Edward Snowden

Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen. Pliny the Elder

Every night when I go out on stage, there's always one nagging fear in the back of my mind. I'm always afraid that somewhere out there, there is one person in the audience that I'm not going to offend! Don Rickles

Sweetness is the opposite of machismo, which is everywhere - and I really don't get on with machismo. I'm interested in sensitivity and weakness and fear and anxiety because I think that, at the end of the day, behind our masks, that's what we are. Alain de Botton

I definitely feel we're moving forward. There's a lot more understanding... there's less fear and we're working on there being less hatred. Melissa Etheridge

To him who is in fear everything rustles. Sophocles

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. Jack Layton

Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation. Gouverneur Morris

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead! George S. Patton

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. Bertrand Russell

I fear the boredom that comes with not learning and not taking chances. Robert Fulghum

The biggest challenge was becoming a leader and taking our team to the highest level. Feeling the personal responsibility to take the team to the next level. Overcoming fear of inadequacy and never getting down on yourself or doubting who you are. David Robinson

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable. Ambrose Bierce

In the ring, I never really knew fear. Rocky Marciano

We are living in a world of fear. The life of man today is corroded and made bitter by fear: fear of the future, fear of the hydrogen bomb, fear of ideologies. Perhaps this fear is a greater danger than the danger itself because it is fear, which drives men to act thoughtlessly, to act dangerously. Sukarno

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. John F. Kennedy

The problem is not getting rid of fear, but using it properly. Zig Ziglar

Even if humans feel lots of fear, remember God will take care of you. This is a collective message because fear is contagious... This is a message of reassurance. Pope Theodoros II

The only answer to fear is faith in God, knowing He loves you unconditionally and individually. Joyce Meyer

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear. Thomas Jefferson

Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so great a good. There is nothing here to fear but only something to desire. Saint Teresa of Avila

Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale. Will Durst

The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning. Winston Churchill

Fear follows crime and is its punishment. Voltaire

The injury that we do to a man must be such that we need not fear his vengeance. Steve Perry

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. Aeschylus

I do fear for the generations of people who came of age thinking that pop-punk is what punk is, and that all the rebellion you need is just to stick your tongue out in the mirror every once in a while. Jello Biafra

Fear is excitement without breath. Robert Heller

I wish to be a martyr, and I don't fear death. Muqtada al Sadr

It is wisest to be impartial. If you have health, but are attached to it, you will always be afraid of losing it. And if you fear that loss, but become ill, you will suffer. Why not remain forever joyful in the Self? Paramahansa Yogananda

One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one. Rainer Maria Rilke

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure. Amy Tan

I could feel my moral compass as a soldier, in danger of - I could feel the squeeze, the pressure of frustration and anger and fear combining on me... I felt the danger; I felt the squeeze of it. Tim O'Brien

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. Dale Carnegie

Fear is a very explosive emotion, but it has a short life span. It's the sprint. The marathon is hope. Mike Huckabee

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. Francis Bacon

There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind. Fyodor Dostoevsky

You know, sometimes I feel well and vital in the world, and sometimes I just feel so distressed I want to pull my hair out by the roots. Sharon Stone


Violent drama has been a hallmark of every great civilization. It is not the cause of the disease - it is an immunizing factor. People go to the theater to experience emotions like fear and loathing. Violent drama shows us where we come from. It makes us face our hypocrisy. Michael Moriarty

Fear is better than apathy because fear makes us do something. Emiliano Salinas

My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers from what seemed like one safe place to another. Like lily pads, round and green, these places summoned and then held me up while I grew. Each prepared me for the next leaf on which I would land, and in this way I moved across the swamp of doubt and fear. Anne Lamott

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it. Tacitus

Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. Their fear is only their inability to face what is real, and I can't vent any anger against them; I only feel this appalling sadness. Somewhere in their upbringing, they were shielded against the total facts of our existence. Charles Bukowski

Always be courageous and strong, and don't fear. Gabby Douglas

While we are focusing on fear, worry, or hate, it is not possible for us to be experiencing happiness, enthusiasm or love. Bo Bennett

I always had a superstitious fear of setting up a too well-designed writing place and then finding that the writing had absconded. Seamus Heaney

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest. Henry David Thoreau

Fear has been a big battle, it runs rampant in my sport so I love to overcome that, to challenge it head on, because there is nothing that feels as accomplished as overcoming a fear, and something that has blocked you in such a big way. Laura Wilkinson

Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we've always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us. Stephen King

The unmerited fear of genetically modified organism crops threatens scientific advancements in biotechnology needed to meet the growing global demand for safe and affordable food. Mike Pompeo

Senators say they fear the N.R.A. and the gun lobby. But I think that fear must be nothing compared to the fear the first graders in Sandy Hook Elementary School felt as their lives ended in a hail of bullets. Gabrielle Giffords

My father was against the death penalty, and that was hard in the Son of Sam summer when fear was driving the desire for the death penalty. Andrew Cuomo

Fear is the mother of morality. Friedrich Nietzsche

Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day. Edward Albert

There's no reason for the establishment to fear me. But it has every right to fear the people collectively - I am one with the people. Huey Newton

There are nations, where people live in captivity, fear and silence. I believe, one day from prison camps and torture cells and from exile the leaders of freedom will emerge. The world should stand with those oppressed people until the day of their freedom finally arrives. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

Organizations that can diminish fear are those that are able to motivate, create, and innovate. Chip Conley

I like to do something I fear. Heath Ledger

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Franklin D. Roosevelt

I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not. Saadi

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear. Zora Neale Hurston

I'll just say it: I'm not the sharpest tool in the box. Being forced to go back to school is still a fear of mine. Will Poulter

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me. Jodie Foster

Dread, which is closely related to fear, steals the ability to enjoy ordinary life and makes people anxious about the future. It keeps them from looking forward to the next day, the next month, or the next decade. Joyce Meyer

Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is. Annie Lennox

The fear really hits you. That's what you feel first. And then it's the anger and frustration. Part of the problem is how little we understand about the ultimate betrayal of the body when it rebels against itself. Charles Bronson

We are afraid of the enormity of the possible. Emile M. Cioran

There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world. Thomas Jefferson

Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear. Naomi Klein

I've been quite fascinated by the relative insignificance of human existence, the shortness of life. We might as well be a letter in a word in a sentence on a page in a book in a library in a city in one country in this enormous universe! And that kind of fear and insignificance has kept me awake at night. Laura Marling

I wish for a world where everyone understands that discomfort is the price of legendary. And fear is just growth coming to get you. Robin S. Sharma

People have different expectations when you're younger - it's less about changing yourself into a character; they want a more natural thing. And they just want you to be able to turn up every day and carry on working. They have a horrible fear of 10- or 11-year-olds, that they're going to say 'I don't want to play today.' Freddie Highmore

When you want to die, you at least have a goal. You're aiming for something. It's not a good goal, but at least you want something. And you've got anger and fear, but at least you're feeling something. Marilyn Manson

Terrorism is a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society. Patrick J. Kennedy

This happens to be that the power of laughter and love would beat out the power of fear every time. You know, I hate to sound corny about it but it's true, and I think that's what this movie is about. John Goodman

Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre. Chet Atkins

From racial profiling and being pulled over just for 'driving while black' to this new phenomenon of killing unarmed people out of some preconceived idea of fear, our lives and our children's lives are not being valued. Al Sharpton

A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings. Nadine Gordimer

I think there is, in our society, there is a growing fear of death, a fear of the circumstances in which I might die, a fear I might be over-treated or under-treated. But fear is always a bad guide. Death is part of life. Vincent Nichols

For a decade, makers of AIDS medicines had rejected the idea of lowering prices in poor countries for fear of eroding profits in rich ones. The position required a balancing act, because the companies had to deflect attacks on the global reach of their patents, which granted exclusive marketing rights for antiretroviral drugs. Barton Gellman

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

The Sixties are most generously described as a time when people took part - when they stepped out of themselves and acted in public, as people who didn't know what would happen next, but who were sure that acts of true risk and fear would produce something different from what they had been raised to take for granted. Greil Marcus

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

When people are crass or loudmouthed, it's not because they don't give a damn. It's from fear and insecurity. Patty Jenkins

The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear. Brian Tracy

I'm sure the feeling of fear, as long as you can take advantage of it and not be rendered useless by it, can make you extend yourself beyond what you would regard as your capacity. If you're afraid, the blood seems to flow freely through the veins, and you really do feel a sense of stimulation. Edmund Hillary

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. John F. Kennedy

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Francis of Assisi

Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts that is something on which to pride yourself but poverty itself is romanticized by fools. J. K. Rowling

Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in church. They're afraid God might recognize them and ask for autographs. Fred Allen

Mortality applies to every aspect of life. The fear of death is the driving fear of life. Nick Tosches

Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish. Ovid

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart. Horace Mann

I greatly fear some of America's greatest and most dangerous enemies are such as think themselves her best friends. Nathan Hale

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure. Paulo Coelho

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear. George S. Patton

The way we can allow ourselves to do what we need to, no matter what others may say or do, is to choose love and defy fear. Martha Beck

Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply... For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much. Alan Paton

Before you can become a millionaire, you must learn to think like one. You must learn how to motivate yourself to counter fear with courage. Making critical decisions about your career, business, investments and other resources conjures up fear, fear that is part of the process of becoming a financial success. Thomas J. Stanley

Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it's on both ends of the spectrum. On one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion, all that. On the other end, you've got obsession, jealousy, danger, fear, anger and frustration. Taylor Swift

It's okay to have fear - we're all human; it happens - but in facing your fears, you can really open yourself up to things you never thought possible. Katherine McNamara

My story is a freedom song of struggle. It is about finding one's purpose, how to overcome fear and to stand up for causes bigger than one's self. Coretta Scott King

At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it. Gordon Parks

I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me. H. P. Lovecraft

I have a wish. It as a fear as well - that in my end will be my beginning. Che Guevara

For me personally, I have a fear of, 'If I stop, I'm going to die.' If I stop doing the things that are enriching to me or creatively exciting to me or if I stop creating, then I feel stagnant. If something isn't growing, it's dying. Chris Hardwick

I think I'm a bit less inhibited, and not thinking too much before speaking. It's not about being shameful, I'm just a bit more unabashedly myself because of this thing, and it probably started at age 15. I can be around people and say what I think without fear. Kristen Stewart

I have a tendency to sabotage relationships; I have a tendency to sabotage everything. Fear of success, fear of failure, fear of being afraid. Useless, good-for-nothing thoughts. Michael Buble

The Cuban people still live in constant fear of a brutal totalitarian regime that has demonstrated time and again its utter disregard for basic human dignity. The fight for a free Cuba has gone on for far too long. Mitt Romney

True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful. Paul Sweeney

Science may provide the most useful way to organize empirical, reproducible data, but its power to do so is predicated on its inability to grasp the most central aspects of human life: hope, fear, love, hate, beauty, envy, honor, weakness, striving, suffering, virtue. Paul Kalanithi

The bracelet says 'Fear Nothing.' It was given to me by my friends, and it was made for me and my friends during the period of time that I was going through chemotherapy. And I still wear it, because it's a great reminder of friendship and how my buddies and others came together in my time of need. Joseph J. Lhota

Fear and euphoria are dominant forces, and fear is many multiples the size of euphoria. Bubbles go up very slowly as euphoria builds. Then fear hits, and it comes down very sharply. When I started to look at that, I was sort of intellectually shocked. Contagion is the critical phenomenon which causes the thing to fall apart. Alan Greenspan

It's often difficult for those who are lucky enough to have never experienced what true depression is to imagine a life of complete hopelessness, emptiness and fear. Susan Polis Schutz

We need comprehensive immigration reform. Dr. King wouldn't be pleased at all to know that there are millions of people living in the shadow, living in fear in places like Georgia and Alabama. John Lewis

Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion. Thomas Hobbes

Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist. Andrew Weil

The Christian fear of the pagan outlook has damaged the whole consciousness of man. D. H. Lawrence

I'm not the type of person to live in fear. I think positively. David Guetta

Courage is a peculiar kind of fear. Charles Kennedy

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. George Washington Carver

A higher rate of urgency does not imply ever-present panic, anxiety, or fear. It means a state in which complacency is virtually absent. John P. Kotter

We fear the thing we want the most. Robert Anthony

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man. Jiddu Krishnamurti