Fear Quotes

I think fear is what keeps us from going over the edge. I mean, as a race car driver, I don't think what makes a good race car driver is a fearless person. I think it's somebody that is comfortable being behind the wheel of something that's somewhat out of control.

In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the problems of the position without fear of some simplifications.

You always have this fear in a movie of just being somebody's woman.

Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.

Fear and hope are alike underneath.

I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to be an ever more intrusive world.

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.

It is a measure of the framers' fear that a passing majority might find it expedient to compromise 4th Amendment values that these values were embodied in the Constitution itself.

I'd make a terrible surgeon. The fear of blood? Very high on my list.

Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.

How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right.

I got a tattoo saying, 'Freedom From Fear' because of 'Black Water Transit.'

My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.

I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing.

How can you defy fear? Fear is a human instinct, just like hunger. Whether you like it or not, you become hungry. Similarly with fear. But I have learned to train myself to live with this fear.

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.

We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck, and, ask anyone, the house is never burgled, and the ship never goes down.

When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.

Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.

Paramount is the need to secure human rights. The form of rule should be such that the citizen does not have to fear the State, but gives it direction and confidently participates in its administration.

That was my fear, which is why when I was took over a book, I was always trying to tweak it a little bit so that it looked like I was trying to add something instead of keeping the status quo.

Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God.

At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared myself to do that, to stand out. Now I'll talk about being beaten up or robbed or making a stupid decision because of a girl or whatever.

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.

If I know that I shall be as an angel, and more; if I shall behold all God has made; if he shall own me for his son and exalt me to honor in his presence, I shall not fear to die, nor shall I dread the grave where Christ once lay.

But if you have a solid walk with the Lord, then you won't fear that failure.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.