Quotes
Quotes about Fear
Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.
The fear o' hell's the hangman's whip To laud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honor grip, Let that aye be your border.
Fear is an ague, that forsakes And haunts, by fits, those whom it takes; And they'll opine they feel the pain And blows they felt, to-day, again.
His fear was greater than his haste: For fear, though fleeter than the wind, Believes 'tis always left behind.
In extreme danger fear feels no pity. [Lat., In summo periculo timor miericordiam non recipit.]
Fear has many eyes. [Sp., El miedo tiene muchos ojos.]
Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty. [Lat., Timor non est diuturnus magister officii.]
Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round, walks on, And turns no more his head; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.
The clouds dispell'd, the sky resum'd her light, And Nature stood recover'd of her fright. But fear, the last of ills, remain'd behind, And horrow heavy sat on every mind.
Fear always springs from ignorance.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.
Since love and fear can hardly coexist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.
A fool boasts of those who fear him; a wise man's pride is those who respect him.
Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby.
Keep your fears to yourself but share your courage with others
I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see people differently than the way we were brought up to.
I came to believe it not true that "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man only one." I think it is the other way around: It is the brave who die a thousand deaths. For it is imagination, and not just conscience, which doth make cowards of us all. Those who do not know fear are not truly brave.
Men are moved by only two things: fear and self-interest.
Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.
Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.
Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But oh! she dances such a way! No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.
