Fear Quotes
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I would describe a hero as a person who has no fear of life, who can face life squarely.
Alexander Lowen
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It's enough for a small betrayal, a distancing, an affirmation of independence to provoke wrath, fear and also hatred from the adult. How many husbands and boyfriends kill the woman they say they love because she has decided to leave. It's in the news every day.
Dacia Maraini
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The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.
John Randolph
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Much of our anxiety and stress comes when we're focused on fear and disconnected from the voice of our inner guide.
Gabrielle Bernstein
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Thy best of rest is sleep, And that thou oft provok'st; yet grossly fear'st Thy death, which is no more.
William Shakespeare
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The industrial age brought compliance and compliance brought fear and fear brought us mediocrity.
Seth Godin
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I hold the line, the line of strength that pulls me from the fear.
Peter Gabriel Genesis
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If the worst happens, if you lose and fail, but you still celebrate coming second because you've given it a red hot go. There is no need to fear failure.
Anh Do
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This is the century of fear.
Albert Camus
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I consider non-violence to be compassion in action. It doesn’t mean weakness, cowering in fear, or simply doing nothing. It is to act without violence, motivated by compassion, recognising the rights of others.
Dalai Lama
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We must be afraid of neither poverty nor exile nor imprisonment; of fear itself only should we be afraid.
Epictetus
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President Obama's 100-day plan is pretty impressive. I think it's a Wow 100-plus days. The administration is not operating from fear, it is trying to drive change for the future, and that's a good thing.
Andrea Jung
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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
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In the company of the accomplished, people hope it will rub off on themselves, in the company of the misfortunate, they fear it!
Bryant H. McGill
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Much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science.
James Inhofe
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You use force, you create fear. Fear destroys trust. Trust is the basis of harmony. The hardliner believes harmony and unity can be brought by force. That's totally unscientific, totally wrong.
Dalai Lama
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My first novel, 'The Lions of Lucerne,' just poured out of me. It was an amazing feeling of accomplishment. My biggest fear and therefore my biggest obstacle to becoming an author had been, 'What if I spend all that time and the book is no good?'
Brad Thor
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Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.
Mark Twain
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I can't sleep in an isolated place without pills, earplugs, and both my children in bed with me for fear of scary, feral characters with a hankering for the wilderness.
Mariella Frostrup
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It is not a lack of real affection that scares me away again and again from marriage. Is it a fear of the comfortable life, of nice furniture, of dishonor that I burden myself with, or even the fear of becoming a contented bourgeois.
Albert Einstein
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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
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Violence against the other, and the way we otherize people out of fear, has to be examined across the board.
Yance Ford
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I believe in a world of justice and human rights for all. A world where girls can grow up free of fear of abuse. A world where women are treated with the respect and dignity that is their right. A world where poverty is not acceptable. My dear young friends, you can make this your world.
Ban Ki-moon
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Part of what attracted me to the village was it had a lot of parallels to contemporary issues. Like, fear and the way fear controls us. How the governing body of a town, or a nation, controls us through fear. They might mean well by it, but we are conditioned to be afraid of things. Fear of the unknown. Fear of terrorism. And it's unfortunate.
Adrien Brody