Quotes about Fear

“Defeating fear is not a light switch. For most of us, it's daily work.”

“Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.”

“I go to sleep every single night thinking I'm not good enough. I really do. I don't know if that's healthy or not. But I really do have a fear of not being good, and I don't like that.”

“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.”

“Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.”

“I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.”

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

“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.”

“My biggest fear is mindlessly and stupidly repeating myself.”

“My worst fear is my music won't connect with the public.”

“Few revolutions succeed, and when they do, you often discover they did not gain what you hoped for, and you condemn yourself to perpetual fear, as the parties you defeated may always regain power and work for your ruin.”

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

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

“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.”

“Fear can be conquered. I became a better person and a better football player when I learned that lesson.”

“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.”

“When a match has equal partners then I fear not.”

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

“All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.”

“Of the primary emotions, fear is the one that bears most directly on survival. Children show fear. Adults try not to, maybe because it's shameful, or, in some circumstances, dangerous. The fear response is automatic, though, and your body runs through its reflexes whether you want it to or not.”

“God helps those who fear Him.”