Fear Quotes
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As any Brit will understand, things get a little easier when you don't have to be number one any more. Really, the fall of an empire is not as bad as everyone thinks. It's like retirement. People fear retirement, but it can turn out be rather pleasant.
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I made the fearful decision to head to Sydney, Australia, to study the Bible. My calling, my wife, Laura, my church, my passion - all were behind the scariest door of all time. Since that day, this remains exactly true: Fear never leaves. But the way we handle it can always change.
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My biggest fear is overreaching. I have been in situations where I felt swamped, and it's turned out really well; and I've had other situations where I've had to walk off the film after five minutes because I realized I was in way over my head.
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It's a lot easier to understand things once you name them. It's the unknown that mostly freaks me out. I don't know the name of that fear, but I know I've got it, the fear of the unknown.
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Of all the passions, fear weakens judgment most.
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A compassionate attitude opens our inner door, and as a result it is much easier to communicate with others. If there is too much self-centered attitude, then fear, doubt and suspicion come and as a result our inner door closes. Then it is very difficult to communicate with others.
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We have all this courage as writers, but then there's this fear.
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Every single night I'm nervous.
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About working with Marilyn Monroe.We got along very well. My only complaint about her was that she was late all the time, but she was late out of fear as much as anything else, but it was hard to sit around and wait. She was usually an hour or two late every morning.
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Fear is that passion which hath the greatest power over us, and by which God and His laws take the surest hold of us.
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Fear and aversion, in some perverse way, can be transformed into pleasure.
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The civil authority, or that part of it which remained faithful to their trust and true to the ends of the covenant, did, in answer to their consciences, turn out a tyrant, in a way which the Christians in aftertimes will mention with honor, and all tyrants in the world look at with fear.
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If someone said they were going to beat you up in a non-serious manner, it wouldn't be assault, ... On the other hand, if they said it, and you were in fear of them actually doing it, then that would be.
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Feed and strengthen your body. Fear is physical. When you lift weights or go for a sprint, that energy flows back into your body and restores you to certainty.
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By action and reaction do we become strong or weak, according to the character of our thoughts and mental states. Fear is the deadly nightshade of the mind.
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Fear is finding fault with the future.
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As it is our nature to be more moved by hope than fear, the example of one we see abundantly rewarded cheers and encourages us far more than the sight of many who have not been well treated disquiets us.
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So it really does have a sort of bittersweet quality. Kids like to have adventures and to believe they can fly, but there's also that fear about people leaving you.
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Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.
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The fear of death is the fear of the end of an illusion; so long as the illusion persists so long will the fear remain.
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The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
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...the baresark loses all fear; his method is all-out attack, and invariably he takes his opponent with him even if he falls.
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If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.
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Fear too often spells failure.
