Quotes about Fear

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'”

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.”

“When you advise any person you should be guided by the fear of God.”

“Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.”

“The weeds keep multiplying in our garden, which is our mind ruled by fear. Rip them out and call them by name.”

“Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life. What is it you would let go of today?”

“Fear is the foundation of safety.”

“One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're a star you're dead already. You're embalmed.”

“I took a Fear of Flying class, and I always missed the class, because I was always flying.”

“Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. Their fear is only their inability to face what is real, and I can't vent any anger against them; I only feel this appalling sadness. Somewhere in their upbringing, they were shielded against the total facts of our existence.”

“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”

“Business is war. I go out there, I want to kill the competitors. I want to make their lives miserable. I want to steal their market share. I want them to fear me and I want everyone on my team thinking we're going to win.”

“Failure isn't an option. I've erased the word 'fear' from my vocabulary, and I think when you erase fear, you can't fail.”

“Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.”

“Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.”

“The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.”

“Fear can be good when you're walking past an alley at night or when you need to check the locks on your doors before you go to bed, but it's not good when you have a goal and you're fearful of obstacles. We often get trapped by our fears, but anyone who has had success has failed before.”

“Because of the lack of education on AIDS, discrimination, fear, panic, and lies surrounded me.”

“Fear, prejudice, malice, and the love of approbation bribe a thousand men where gold bribes one.”

“Man's greatest fear is chaos.”

“Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.”