Fear Quotes
We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.Eleanor Roosevelt
We must dare to think unthinkable thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world. We must learn to welcome and not to fear the voices of dissent. We must dare to think about unthinkable things because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless.James W. Fulbright, March 27, 1964
Fear not a jest. If one throws salt at you, you will not be harmed unless you have sore places.Latin Prove
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god - Fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.Aristotle, unknown
In time we hate that which we often fear.William Shakespeare
Love is letting go of fear.Gerald Jampolsky
And yet, what is bravery but the capacity to reject our fears, ignore and supress them, then go on to do whatever it is we are afraid to do.L. Neil Smith
Yea, though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death, i will fear no evil, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me... Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me throughout the rest of my life and i will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.Bible, Psalm 23, New Testament
Fear less, hope more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Hate less, love more; And all good things are yours."Swedish Proverb".
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.T. S. Eliot
Death in itself is nothing but we fear To be we know not what, we know not where.John Dryden
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.Titus Livius
He has no hope who never had a fear.William Cowpe
He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.Gaius Julius Caesa
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.Ambrose Redmoon
We are taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they are of equal value as happiness excitement and inspiration.Alanis Morissette
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.Buddha
I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.Isoroku Yamamoto, After Pearl Harbor, Japanese Admiral
With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.Abraham Lincoln
Question with boldness even the existance of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.Thomas Jefferson
The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought.Leon Blum
Whatever you fear most has no power - It is your fear that has the power.Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine
He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.John Milton
Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.Pope John XXIII
The honey from the flowers of the senses, Ever present within, ruler of time, Goes beyond fear. For this Self is Supreme.Maitri Upanishads
It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind, 1954
A threat is basically a means for establishing a bargaining position by inducing fear in the subject. When a threat is used, it should always be implied that the subject himself is to blame by using words such as You leave me no other choice but to...CIA Manual
The central struggle of parenthood is to let our hopes for our children outweigh our fears.Ellen Goodman
Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.Mark Twain
As I sit I see a dove And think of our deep, dear true love Think not about our future lives Except perhaps our growing size Keep all your thoughts alive, aglow, All will be well, no fear, I knowUnknown
Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, But rather that it shall never have a beginning.John Henry Newman
When even one American - - who has done nothing wrong - - Is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - - Then all Americans are in peril.Harry S Truman
Let them hate so long as they fear. Oderint Dum Metuant.Lucius Accius, Fragment
Puritanism is the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.H. L. Mencken
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.Isaac Asimov
The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.Publilius Syrus
Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it.Les Brown, Communication Bulletin for Managers & Supervisors, June 2004
