Explore Quotes on Fear

Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.

The light of a new day always chases the shadows of the night away, and shows us that the shape of our fears is only the ghost of our own minds.

It may be that the fear contains information. Something can be interesting if you get to the other side of that fear.

Fear cuts deeper than swords.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men – not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular.

To others, the universe seems decent because decent people have welded eyes. That is why they fear lewdness. They are never frightened by the crowing of a rooster or when strolling under a starry heaven. In general, people savor the "pleasures of the flesh" only on the condition that they may be insipid.

for civilization to survive, the human race has to remain civilized.

The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.

Voldemort is playing a very clever game. Declaring himself might have provoked open rebellion. Remaining masked has created confusion, uncertainty, and fear.

Writing is something that you don't know how to do. You sit down and it's something that happens, or it may not happen. So, how can you teach anybody how to write? It's beyond me, because you yourself don't even know if you're going to be able to. I'm always worried, well, you know, every time I go upstairs with my wine bottle. Sometimes I'll sit at that typewriter for fifteen minutes, you know. I don't go up there to write. The typewriter's up there. If it doesn't start moving, I say, well this could be the night that I hit the dust.

No man should leave in the universe anything of which he is afraid.

Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed.

Fear is a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life.

Only with absolute fearlessness can we slay the dragons of mediocrity that invade our gardens.

Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us.

One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again.

Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play.

Fear is a part of life. It's a warning mechanism. That's all. It tells you when there's danger around. Its job is to help you survive. Not cripple you into being unable to do it.

I've met talespinners before, Jake, and they're all cut more or less from the same cloth. They tell tales because they're afraid of life.

Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.

My life was going to flash before my eyes, but it decided to hide behind my eyes and quake with terror instead.