fear Quotes (29)

“There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.”

“Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.”

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

“Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.”

“First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.”

“There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality.”

“It is not death or hardship that is a fearful thing, but the fear of death and hardship.”

“The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.”

“We are restless because of incessant change, but we would be frightened if change were stopped.”

“Resignation is the timid sign of courage.”

“The most drastic, and usually the most effective remedy for fear is direct action.”

“Love is more afraid of change than destruction.”

“Everything tempts the man who fears temptation.”

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”

“Ridicule is like a wolf: it only destroys those who fear it.”

“The abandoned infant's cry is rage, not fear.”

“Fear of change perplexes monarchs.”

“Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.”

“Men don't die of threats.”

“Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.”

“The central struggle of parenthood is to let our hopes for our children outweigh our fears.”

“The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”

“Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.”

“Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear.”

“Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.”

“You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it. I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.”

“Smiling is the best way to face every problem to crush every fear and to hide every pain.”

“If it truly benefits you, do not fear the words of others.”

“We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.”