Fear Quotes

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

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.

Being afraid is the worst sin there is.

Being terrified but going ahead and doing what must be done—that's courage. The one who feels no fear is a fool, and the one who lets fear rule him is a coward.

The fear tactic is a tactic that's used by people who want to maintain control, and it's very effective.

A calm mind releases the most precious capacity a human being can have: the capacity to turn anger into compassion, fear into fearlessness, and hatred into love.

Gun crime is a major cause of fear and distress throughout the UK. The problem is deeply entrenched in a wide range of social and cultural factors and therefore not an isolated issue.

We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason.

Armed conflict between nations is a nightmare to me; but if I were convinced that any nation had made up its mind to dominate the world by fear of its force, I should feel that it must be resisted.

People dont want to talk about death, just like they dont want to talk about computer security. Maybe I should have named my workstation Fear. People are so motivated by fear.

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.

The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.

Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.

Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

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.

As a writer, the worst thing you can do is work in an environment of fear of rejection.

For a non-violent person the whole world is one family. He will thus fear none, nor will others fear him.

Fear is gradually replaced by excitement and a simple desire to see what you can do on the day.

Scarlett, always save something to fear—even as you save something to love.

Don't waste your time with fear.. Fear won't keep you safe from being hurt.

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.

You can make a sordid thing sound like a brilliant drawing-room comedy. Probably a fear we have of facing up to the real issues. Could you say we were guilty of Noel Cowardice?

Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds, looking on their silly sheep, Than doth a rich embroider'd canopy To kings that fear their subjects treachery?

There's no need to fear, Underdog is here!

There is a kind of fear, approaching a panic, that's spreading through the Baby Boom Generation, which has suddenly discovered that it will have to provide for its own retirement.

Slowness to change usually means fear of the new.

People fear what they do not understand.

People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it's not easily controlled.

God incarnate is the end of fear; and the heart that realizes that, realizes that he is in the midst, that takes heed to the assurance of his loving presence, will be quiet in the midst of alarm.

Everybody has a capacity for a happy life. All these talks about how difficult times we live in, that's just a clever way to justify fear and laziness.

Sometimes I truly fear that I am losing my mind. And if I did it it would be like flying blind.

It’s not bad people I fear so much as good people. When a person is sure that he is good, he is nearly hopeless; he gets cruel- he believes in punishment.

Waves are not measured in feet or inches, they are measured in increments of fear.

Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.

If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.

Fear is the highest fence.

In a world where we are so pragmatic and materialistic, fear is the only emotion that allows even a sophisticated person to believe in something beyond.

There are those who never stretch out the hand for fear it will be bitten. But those who never stretch out the hand will never feel it clasped in friendship.

Fear isn't an excuse to come to a standstill. It's the impetus to step up and strike.

Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you.

The fear of The Lord is a brake that stops you when you're in the wrong direction.

A child's fear is a world whose dark corners are quite unknown to grownup people; it has its sky and its abysses, a sky without stars, abysses into which no light can ever penetrate.

Play without fear, and you will be successful.

Cruelty and fear shake hands together.

Getting old and dying alone is my worst fear.

Don't be afraid of new ideas. Be afraid of old ideas. They keep you where you are and stop you from growing and moving forward. Concentrate on where you want to go, not on what you fear.

Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don't let these feelings stop them.

Don't fear the light within. May it ignite the Sacred Flame in your soul.

I fear the day when the Kuffar are proud of their falsehood, and the Muslims are shy of their faith.