Quotes about fear
fear men nuts
I began to get a feeling (...) of being the only sane man in a nut house. It doesn't make you feel superior but depressed and scared, because there is nobody you can contact. William S. Burroughs
fear worst i-realized
I realized that the worst thing that could happen to me was about to happen to me. William Manchester
fear men order
Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it. Woodrow Wilson
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 teaching learning
We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.
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 thinking world
I think Stalin was afraid of Roosevelt. Whenever Roosevelt spoke, he sort of watched him with a certain awe. He was afraid of Roosevelt's influence in the world. W. Averell Harriman
fear real flower
All gods who receive homage are cruel. All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshipped. Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine emotion. It is the stones for altars and the beginning of wisdom. Half gods are worshipped in wine and flowers. Real gods require blood. Zora Neale Hurston
fear men suffering
Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear, and fear is the most divine emotion. It is the stones for altars and the beginning of wisdom.
fear eras should
We should not be afraid to go into a new era, to leave the old beyond. Zach Wamp
fear trouble fear-of-death
I that in heill wes and gladnes Am trublit now with gret seiknes And feblit with infermite: Timor Mortis conturbat me.* * Fear of Death troubles me. William Dunbar
fear loneliness novelty
Novelty is a new kind of loneliness. Wendell Berry
fear opponents defeat
It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. Yann Martel
fear history bows
Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us? William O. Douglas
fear forever dying
He that lives to forever, never fears dying. William Penn