Quotes about Fear

“I'm intimidated by the fear of being average.”

“The void, the concept of nothingness, is terrifying to most people on the planet. And I get anxiety attacks myself. I know the fear of that void. You have to learn to die before you die. You give up, surrender to the void, to nothingness.”

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

“It is not the thing you fear that you must deal with: it is the mother of the thing you fear.”

“I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free. Know what I'm saying? Move past the fear.”

“Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.”

“Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.”

“Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who fear the consequences and detest the reality of the attempt to impose American hegemony.”

“The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.”

“Religion and politics hit nerves. There's a lot of anger about a lot of things. It's not easily resolved. I guess that's what wars are about. Wars are about prejudice and fear. Hit first before you get hit. Believe me, I know.”

“Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.”

“Hard work eliminates fear. That's how I think.”

“Anyone that continues to spread hate or fear or judgment or phobias doesn't deserve a platform.”

“I've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people.”

“Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”

“What is the biggest thing that stops people from living their lives in the present moment? Fear - and we must learn how to overcome fear.”

“We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too.”

“Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear.”

“I never go anywhere without a book for fear of being stuck in line in front of the theater or strapped down in the dentist's chair and being bored witless. Thus, I read everywhere.”

“Why is it that when we get older, we get more fearful?”

“Change creates fear, and technology creates change. Sadly, most people don't behave very well when they are afraid.”