Quotes about fear
fear design doubt
If you turned the fabric of our lives over, I imagined the design on the backside would be woven in the bleak grays of doubt and fear. Stephenie Meyer
fear may providence
Fear not, but trust in Providence, Wherever thou may'st be. Thomas Haynes Bayly
fear night pilots
Oh, pilot! 'tis a fearful night, There's danger on the deep.
fear mind desire
There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense. Thomas Hobbes
fear men lasting
The original of all great and lasting societies consisted not in the mutual good will men had toward each other, but in the mutual fear they had of each other.
fear religion leviathan
Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion.
fear clouds anxiety
My apprehension comes in crowds, I dread the rustling of the grass, The very shadows of the clouds, Have power to shake me as they pass, I question things and do not find, one that will answer to my mind, And all the world appears unkind. William Wordsworth
fear voice whispering
What are fears but voices airy? Whispering harm where harm is not. And deluding the unwary Till the fatal bolt is shot!
fear past world
He spake of love, such love as spirits feel In worlds whose course is equable and pure; No fears to beat away, no strife to heal,- The past unsighed for, and the future sure.
fear hate our-world
It is impossible not to notice that our world is tormented by failure, hate, guilt, and fear. William Saroyan
fear civilization class
The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers. William James
fear brave cheerful
The voluntary path to cheerfulness, if our spontaneous cheerfulness be lost, is to sit up cheerfully, and act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there. To feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end, and courage will very likely replace fear.
fear past history
The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.
fear laughter anxiety
Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale. Will Durst
fear useless weapons
Fear's useless. Either something bad happens or it doesn't: If it doesn't, you've wasted time being afraid, and if it does, you've wasted time that you could have spent sharpening your weapons. Sarah Rees Brennan
fear eye flash
My life was going to flash before my eyes, but it decided to hide behind my eyes and quake with terror instead.
fear personality world
Fear is the most damnable, damaging thing to human personality in the whole world. William Faulkner
fear opportunity land
Where others fear trade and economic growth, we see opportunities for creating new wealth and undreamed-of opportunities for millions in our own land and beyond. Where others seek to throw up barriers, we seek to bring them down; where others take counsel of their fears, we follow our hopes. Ronald Reagan
fear evil greater
Fear is a greater evil than evil itself. Saint Francis de Sales
fear feels behinds
Behind everything we feel, there is always a sense of fear. Ugo Betti
fear world kind
I feared my own kind more than anything the natural world could ever threaten me with. Robin Hobb
fear hands sake
l have no fear of change as such and, on the other hand, no liking for it merely for its own sake. Robert Moses
fear struggle men
Scientific views end in awe and mystery, lost at the edge in uncertainty, but they appear to be so deep and so impressive that the theory that it is all arranged as a stage for God to watch man's struggle for good and evil seems inadequate. Richard P. Feynman
fear danger
Dangers bring fears and fears more dangers bring. Richard Baxter
fear sides kind
Understand: A person of power instills a kind of fear by deliberately unsettling those around him to keep the initative on his side. Robert Greene
fear hate winning
Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself. Richard M. Nixon
fear writing loss
And I think that in myself (and perhaps evident in what I write) fear of loss and the corresponding instinct to protect myself against loss are potent forces. Richard Ford
fear
Fear and hope are alike underneath.
fear brave bears
At the beauty of what she had stumbled onto, at the fear that something terrible would happen because she was not vigilant enough. She cried at the fear of something so good that she would not be brave enough to bear it. Rebecca Wells
fear play i-can
I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear. Red Auerbach
fear real track
When the lab rats hear the bell ringing, they freeze. That's what fear does to you - fear stops you dead in your tracks. Fear can keep you from harm, but fear can also rob you of your potential. Fear can rob you of an experience. Fear can rob you of happiness. Fear can rob you of real life... Darkness has a way of scaring us... Rob Bell
fear-of-death biggest-fear
My biggest fear of death is to come back reincarnated Tupac Shakur
fearless dying
Dying on the inside, but outside you're looking fearless