Fear
For the enemy to be recognized and feared, he has to be in your home or on your doorstep.
Author: Umberto EcoTopics: Fear, Feelings
Topics: Discrimination, Education, Famous, Fear, Lack, Lies, Meaningful, Panics, Surrounded
He that hopes no good fears no ill
Author: Thomas FullerTopics: Famous, Fear, Feelings, Hopes, Life, Meaningful, Positive
Cruelty is a tyrant that’s always attended with fear
Author: Thomas FullerTopics: Famous, Fear, Feelings, Life, Meaningful
Fear puts an end to openness of manner; fear leads to concealment; fear sows the seed of much hypocrisy, and leads to many a lie.
Author: J. C. RyleTopics: Ends, Famous, Fear, Hypocrisy, Leading, Lies, Openness
I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.
Author: J. C. RyleTopics: Danger, Famous, Fear, Forget
Imagination is the hotbed where this sin is too often hatched. Guard your thoughts, and there will be little fear about your actions.
Author: J. C. RyleTopics: Choices, Famous, Fear, Imagination
Guard your thoughts, and there will be little fear about your actions.
Author: J. C. RyleTopics: Famous, Fear, Guards, Thoughts
Young men, I beseech you earnestly, beware of pride. Two things are said to be very rare sights in the world— one is a young man that is humble, and the other is an old man that is content. I fear that this is only too true.
Author: J. C. RyleTopics: Content, Famous, Fear, Humble, Old man, Thoughts
Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
Author: J. C. RyleTopics: Famous, Fear, Jesus, Language, Prayer, Understand, Words
If you’re not gone forever after you make your move, we are dead.
Author: J. C. ChandorTopics: Death, Famous, Fear
It is devastating that a celebration of America was ripped apart by our uniquely American plague, a day dedicated to freedom has put into stark relief the one freedom we, as a nation, refuse to uphold : The freedom of our fellow citizens to live without the daily fear of gun violence.
Author: J. B. PritzkerTopics: Dedicated, Famous, Fear, Freedom, Gun violence, Nation, Politics
Fear is like mind-cancer; it is a disease of consciousness, a dysfunctional condition of ignorance trapped within a little picture
Author: Thomas CampbellTopics: Disease, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Ignorance, Life, Meaningful, Mind
Pirates do not use to set upon poor empty vessels; and beggars need not fear the thief. Those that have most of God, and are most rich in grace – shall be most assaulted by Satan, who is the greatest and craftiest pirate in the world
Author: Thomas BrooksTopics: Empty, Famous, Fear, Feelings, God, Grace, Life, Meaningful, Poor, Thief, World
To live without fear of death – is to die living!
Author: Thomas BrooksTopics: Death, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Life, Meaningful
With the growth of Harvard from a small provincial college into a great University, a unique paranoia has swept the ranks of local officialdom, furrowing brows throughout University Hall. The lurking fear is that somehow, in the operations of the gigantic administrative machine, a student might get lost in the shuffle.
Author: J. Anthony LukasTopics: College, Famous, Fear, Growth, Harvard, Revolutionary, Students
A man had need to fear this most of all that he fears not at all
Author: Thomas BrooksTopics: Famous, Fear, Feelings, Life, Meaningful
Mark Twain once said that true bravery isn’t the absence of fear, but the ability to act in the face of fear.
Author: J. A. KonrathTopics: Ability, Absence, Act, Courage, Famous, Fear, Fearless, Meaningful
The whole history of Christianity proves that she has little indeed to fear from persecution as a foe, but much to fear from persecution as an ally.
Author: Thomas Babington MacaulayTopics: Famous, Fear, Feelings, History, Indeed, Life, Meaningful
When fear is excessive it can make many a man despair
Author: Thomas AquinasTopics: Despair, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Life, Meaningful
Look not in my eyes, for fear
They mirror true the sight I see,
And there you find your face too clear
And love it and be lost like me.
Topics: Clear, Clear Thinking, Clear vision, Fear, Fear Less, Fear of God, Instructions, Instruments, Look, Looking, Lost, Lost opportunities, Miracles, Mirror
The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears
Author: A. C. BensonTopics: Fear, Life, Life Choices, Life Cycle, Life expectancy, Life Experiences, life lesson, Life Long Journey, Sorrow, Sorrowful
O, let it go – fear not, but be at ease: The heat ne’er bother’d R2 anyway.
Author: Ian DoescherTopics: Experiences, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, People, Positive
Some people, weak people, fear solitude. What they fail to understand is that you don’t need anyone, you can take care of yourself.
Author: Gail HoneymanTopics: Famous, Fear, Lonliness, People, Solitude, Weak
Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts
Author: Thomas AquinasTopics: Compassion, Emotion, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Life, Meaningful
Instinct and law demanded of him obedience. But growth demanded disobedience. His mother and fear impelled him to keep away from the white wall. Growth is life, and life is for ever destined to make for light. So there was no damming up the tide of life that was rising within him – rising with every mouthful of meat he swallowed, with every breath he drew. In the end, one day, fear and obedience were swept away by the rush of life, and the cub straddled and sprawled toward the entrance.
Author: Jack LondonTopics: Breath, Fear, Growth, Meat, Mother, Rising
Her own terror rushed upon me, and in that moment of fear, – the most terrible fear a man can experience, – I knew that in inexpressible ways she was dear to me.
Author: Jack LondonTopics: Dear, Experience, Fear, Own, Terrible
The road was little trafficked, and I was too happy about my escape to feel much fear. I was free of orders.
Author: Gail Carson LevineTopics: Escapes, Famous, Fear, Feel, Happy, Order, Roads
Daughter, we didn’t need your note – or a prince’s visit – to tell us you’d done nothing wrong. We know the daughter we raised. We fear for your future, but never for your character. You take our love and our trust wherever you wander. Father.
Author: Gail Carson LevineTopics: Character, Daughters, Famous, Father, Fear, Love, Trust
No sign of pleasure greeted the announcement. The mood in the hall was leaden. My mood was livelier. Fright is livelier than lead.
Author: Gail Carson LevineTopics: Famous, Fear, Mood, Pleasure
If thou hadst a good conscience thou wouldst not greatly fear death.
Author: Thomas a KempisTopics: Death, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Life, Meaningful
Everyone has got the fear It’s holding on Holding on.
Author: Thom YorkeTopics: Famous, Fear, Feelings, Holding, Life, Meaningful
Jumped in the river, what did I see? Black-eyed angels swam with me A moonful of stars and astral cars And all the figures I used to see All my lovers were there with me All my past and futures And we all went to heaven in a little row boat There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt
Author: Thom YorkeTopics: Doubt, Famous, Fear, Jumped, Little, Lovers, Meaningful, River, Stars
Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.
Author: Jack LondonTopics: Death, Fear, Misunderstood
Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
Author: J. K. RowlingTopics: Famous, Fear, Meaningful
It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.
Author: J. K. RowlingTopics: Famous, Fear, Meaningful
It is difficult to begin with Atletico, because there is pressure from the fans, because they are accustomed to a very good goalkeeper, but I have no fear of that. I play my game.
Author: Thibaut CourtoisTopics: Difficult, Experiences, Famous, Fan, Fear, Feelings, Meaningful, Pressure
The fear of losing is always there, but you mustn’t let that fear dull your desire to win
Author: Thiago SilvaTopics: Desire, Dullness, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Inspirational, Losing, Meaningful, Win
Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to help you, to carry you like a little child too feeble to walk
Author: Thérèse of LisieuxTopics: Child, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Force, Jesus, Life, Meaningful, walk
What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?
Author: Thérèse of LisieuxTopics: Famous, Fear, Feelings, Meaningful, Mother, Remember, Weakness
In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear
Author: Thérèse of LisieuxTopics: Enough, Famous, Fear, Meaningful, Recourse
The biggest challenge or biggest crisis knocking on the doors of humankind is fear and intolerance.
Author: Kailash SatyarthiTopics: Challenge, Crisis, Famous, Fear, Humankind, Intolerance
His deepest fear was that its invention would inspire a deadly nuclear arms race between the West and the Soviet Union. To prevent this, he insisted, it was imperative that the Russians be told about the existence of the bomb project, and be assured that it was no threat to them.
Author: Kai BirdTopics: Deepest, Famous, Fear, Inspire, Invention, Prevent, Soviets, War
Faith and its attendant rituals sound like a good deal, the whole eternal salvation thing, but inevitably they lead to fear, oppression, the rack and flames.
Author: Kage Baker
Topics: Eternal, Faith, Famous, Fear, Oppression, Ritual, Salvation
One of the biggest fears that I actually had was after my retirement to be completely forgotten.
Author: Kaetlyn OsmondTopics: Confession, Famous, Fear, Retirement
The reason I always loved ‘The Omen’ so much, and what has always been scariest to me, is anything to do with God. Anything to do with God is quite frightening because fear is something that’s very much expressed in a church environment, and I grew up in one. And the fear of God was very much instilled me at a very young age.
Author: KaDee StricklandTopics: Church, Environment, Famous, Fear, Fear of God, Grew Up, Impact, Influence, Reason
Do not fear the digital world, it will not kill us all
Author: Theophilus LondonTopics: Fear, Feelings, Kill, Meaningful
I Live Life With No Fear, Except For The Idea That One Day You Won’t Be Here
Author: Tyler, The CreatorTopics: Except, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Idea, Life
I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It’s just a fear of not knowing what women have that’s so powerful. It’s this shield they put up to try to get closer.
Author: K. D. LangTopics: Famous, Fear, Masculinity, Mystery, Powerful, Shield, Thinking, Universe, Women
I hear the fear and hope fighting in my voice.
Author: K. A. ApplegateTopics: Famous, Fear, Fighting, Hear, Hope, Voice
Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing
Author: Thomas PaineTopics: Famous, Fear, Freedom, Liberty, Nature, Reason, Rebellion, Slavery, Truth
Mutual fear is a principal link in the chain of mutual love
Author: Thomas PaineTopics: Famous, Fear, Life, Link, Love, Mutual, Principles
The weapon of suicide besieging is urgent to such an extent that you aren’t left with the plausibility of delivering retribution or rebuffing anybody; the fear-monger is executed alongside his unfortunate casualties, his blood blending in with theirs.
Author: A. B. YehoshuaTopics: Famous, Fear, Fearful, Feelings, Forever, Forget, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Unfortunate, Unfortunates, Weapon
The weapon of suicide bombarding is edgy to the point that you aren’t left with the probability of delivering retribution or rebuffing anybody; the fear-based oppressor is executed alongside his unfortunate casualties, his blood blending in with theirs.
Author: A. B. YehoshuaTopics: Fear, Feared, Fearful, Probabilities, Probability, Probably, Suggestion, Suggests, Suicide, Unfortunately, Unfulfilled
Amid the war the capitalists were asserting national necessity.
Author: H. W. BrandsTopics: Famous, Fear, Materialism, Motivation, National Security, War
The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance
Author: Thomas PaineTopics: Experiences, Famous, Fear, Meaningful, Power, Resistance, Strength
The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think
Author: Thomas PaineTopics: Famous, Fear, Feelings, Made, Meaningful, Slavery, Think
I was nearly unnerved at my proximity to a nameless thing at the bottom of a pit.
Author: H. P. LovecraftTopics: Famous, Fear, Nameless, Pits, Proximity
The darkness always teemed with unexplained sound – and yet he sometimes shook with fear lest the noises he heard subside and allow him to hear certain other fainter noises which he suspected were lurking behind them.
Author: H. P. LovecraftTopics: Darkness, Famous, Fear, Sound
Any magazine-cover hack can splash paint around wildly and call it a nightmare, or a witches sabbath or a portrait of the devil; but only a great painter can make such a thing really scare or ring true. That’s because only a real artist knows the anatomy of the terrible, or the physiology of fear.
Author: H. P. LovecraftTopics: Famous, Fear, Nightmare, Process
Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness.
Author: H. P. Lovecraft
Topics: Childhood, Famous, Fear, Memories, Sadness, Unhappy
I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me.
Author: H. P. LovecraftTopics: Enthusiasm, Famous, Fear, Real work
Charity is without fear: having given all that it has, it has nothing left to lose
Author: Thomas MertonTopics: Charity, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Given, Having, Left, Lose, Meaningful
The light of truth burns without a flicker in the depths of a house that is shaken with storms of passion and fear
Author: Thomas MertonTopics: Depth, Famous, Fear, House, Inspirational, Life, Light, Passion, Shaken, Storms, Truth
I will not fear, for you are ever with me and you will never leave me to face my perils alone
Author: Thomas MertonTopics: Alone, Face, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Inspirational, Leave, Life, Meaningful, Never, Perils
Horror and the unknown or the strange are always closely connected so that it is hard to create a convincing picture of shattered natural law or cosmic alienage or ‘outsideness’ without laying stress on the emotion of fear.
Author: H. P. LovecraftTopics: Creating, Emotion, Famous, Fear, Hardness, Horror, Pictures, Strange, Unknown
Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness.
Author: H. P. LovecraftTopics: Bring, Childhood, Famous, Fear, Memories, Sadness, Unhappy
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
Author: H. P. LovecraftTopics: Emotion, Famous, Fear, Mankind, Oldest, Strongest, Unknown
Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
Author: H. L. MenckenTopics: Definition, Famous, Fear, Happiness, Orthodoxy, Puritanism
The root of war is fear
Author: Thomas MertonTopics: Famous, Fear, Feelings, Life, Meaningful, Root, War
The truly brave man is not the man who does not feel fear but the man who overcomes it.
Author: H. G. WellsTopics: Famous, Fear, Overcoming, True
Europe is a place that conserves. It maintains, it curates its civilization, protects it against the ravages and rust of other cultures, and the rot of time and intellectual theft. We are a continent where fear of losing what we have is greater than the ambition to make it anew
Author: A. A. GillTopics: Civil, Europe, Fear, Fearful, Greater, Losing, Place
Night, the mother of fear and mystery, was coming upon me.
Author: H. G. WellsTopics: Famous, Fear, Mother, Mystery, Night
It is the most complete skin-crawling, silently screaming evocation of hell; the reinforced concrete transubstantiation of sleepless megalomania and hysterical fear
Author: A. A. GillTopics: Experiences, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Hell, Inspirational, Leads, Life, Meaningful, Skill, Skin, Sleep
The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to your fear of being hurt. The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers most
Author: Thomas MertonTopics: End, Famous, Fear, Hurt, Insignificant, Life, Meaningful, More, one, Proportion, Suffer, Suffering, Things, Torture, Try
You get so afraid of failure and so afraid of losing and so afraid of not being the best that it’s not a natural drive – it’s born out of fear of failure. Which helps in Hollywood.
Author: Gabrielle UnionTopics: Failure, Famous, Fear, Hollywood
Running anywhere, blindly, hating the echo of her footsteps in the silence of the empty streets, Florentine fled from her own fear, fled from herself.
Author: Gabrielle RoyTopics: Empty, Famous, Fear, Footsteps, Hating, Silence, Streets
Her shoulders sagging, her back hunched, her eyelids tired, Rose-Anna sewed for the feast, not daring even to sing for fear of frightening off her joy.
Author: Gabrielle RoyTopics: Famous, Fear, Joy, Tired
Much of our anxiety and stress comes when we’re focused on fear and disconnected from the voice of our inner guide.
Author: Gabrielle BernsteinTopics: Disconnection, Famous, Fear, Focused, Inner guide, Inspirational, Stress
The unfortunate truth is, many of us are addicted to fear. We’ve become so accustomed to the fearful projections of the world that we don’t trust that things can be good.
Author: Gabrielle BernsteinTopics: Disbelief, Famous, Fear, Fearful, Inspirational, Misconception, Truth, Unfortunate, World
Love can seem far scarier to us than fear. We’re terrified to let love in, because we fear that when we do, we’ll be susceptible to more pain.
Author: Gabrielle BernsteinTopics: Comparing, Famous, Fear, Love, Scary
The more you retrain yourself to choose happiness over fear, the more blissful you will be.
Author: Gabrielle BernsteinTopics: Choice, Famous, Fear, Happiness, Inspirational
The presence of fear is a sure sign that you are relying on your own strength.
Author: Gabrielle BernsteinTopics: Famous, Fear, Inspirational, Presence, Relying, Sign, Strength
If we want to live a miraculous life, we must raise the volume on the loving voice within us and turn down the volume on our fear.
Author: Gabrielle BernsteinTopics: Down, Famous, Fear, Inspirational, Life, Loving, Miraculous, Raise, Voice, Volume
Fear is just a story we tell ourselves. Choose a new story.
Author: Gabrielle BernsteinTopics: Famous, Fear, Inspirational, Story
The truth is that fear cannot coexist with love. Therefore, we must learn how to dissolve all boundaries with love by taking responsibility for our own energy. In doing so, we’ll raise the energy around us.
Author: Gabrielle BernsteinTopics: Energy, Famous, Fear, Inspirational, Learning, Love, Responsibility, Truth
Our problem is that we choose to deny love. In fact, we only have one problem: that our mind chooses fear over love.
Author: Gabrielle BernsteinTopics: Choose, Famous, Fear, Inspirational, Love, Mind, Problem
I’ve learned that fear is simply an illusion based on past experiences that we project into the present and onto the future.
Author: Gabrielle BernsteinTopics: Famous, Fear, Illusion, Inspirational, Learning, Past experiences, Present
I am willing to witness my fears.
Author: Gabrielle BernsteinTopics: Famous, Fear, Inspirational, Willing, Witness
Freedom from fear offers you the freedom to be the greatest version of yourself.
Author: Gabrielle BernsteinTopics: Encouraging, Famous, Fear, Freedom, Greatest, Inspirational, Offer, Version, Yourself
We sense love, but we don’t believe in it. We save our faith for fear. But ultimately, there is a quiet voice in each of us that longs for something better.
Author: Gabrielle BernsteinTopics: Disbelief, Faith, Famous, Fear, Inspirational, Love, Sense, Voice
The more you retrain yourself to choose happiness over fear, the more blissful you will be.
Author: Gabrielle BernsteinTopics: Choose, Famous, Fear, Happiness, Inspirational
Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.
Topics: Death, Duty, Fear, Fearful, Fit, Fitness, Great, Leadership, Leads
How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.
Author: Thomas JeffersonTopics: Cost, Emotion, Evil, Experiences, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Life, Meaningful, Mental Health, Never Happened, Pain, Perspective, Thinking mind, Worry
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
Author: Thomas JeffersonTopics: Calm, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Freedom, Liberty, Meaningful, Philosophy, Prefer, Sea, Tempestuous
All night I have suffered; all night my flesh has trembled to bring forth its gift. The sweat of death is on my forehead; but it is not death, it is life!
Author: Gabriela MistralTopics: Death, Famous, Fear, Life, Night, Suffered
Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must approve more of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.
Author: Thomas JeffersonTopics: Existence of God, Famous, Fear, God, Homage, Inquiry, Meaningful, Questioning, Reason
No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short
Author: Thomas HobbesTopics: Danger, Death, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Letters, Life, Man, Meaningful, Nasty, Poor, Short, Society, Solitary, Violent
Never let fear be your guiding force.
Author: Gabriel MachtTopics: Courageous, Famous, Fear, Force, Guidance, Motivational, Never
Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of war, where every man is enemy to every man, the same consequent to the time wherein men live without other security than what their own strength and their own invention shall furnish them withal. In such condition there is no place for industry… no knowledge of the face of the earth; no account of time; no arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short
Author: Thomas HobbesTopics: Death, Earth, Enemy, Face, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Industry, Invention, Knowledge, Letters, Live, Man, Meaningful, Nasty, Place, Poor, Security, Short, Society, Solitary, Strength, Time, Violent, War
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.
Author: Gabriel Garcia MarquezTopics: Challenges, Facing, Famous, Fear, Heart, Importance, Inspirational, Life, Overcoming, Suffering
Death really did not matter to him but life did, and therefore the sensation he felt when they gave their decision was not a feeling of fear but of nostalgia.
Author: Gabriel Garcia MarquezTopics: Death, Facing, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful
Each man is master of his own death, and all that we can do when the time comes is to help him die without fear of pain.
Author: Gabriel Garcia MarquezTopics: Comfort, Death, Famous, Fear, Helping, Inspirational, Pain
We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way. The third is freedom from want. The fourth is freedom from fear.
Author: Franklin D. RooseveltTopics: Famous, Fear, Fear Less, Fear of punishment, Freedom, Freedom of expression, Freely, Human, Human behavior, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Speech, Wanted
We have learned the simple truth, as Emerson said that the only way to have a friend is to be one. We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion or mistrust or with fear.
Author: Franklin D. RooseveltTopics: Famous, Fear, Fear of punishment, Inspirational, Learn, Learning, Life, Longer, Longest, Meaningful, Truth
Freedom of speech…Freedom of worship…Freedom from want…Freedom from fear
Author: Franklin D. RooseveltTopics: Famous, Fear, Fear Less, Fear of punishment, Freedom, Freedom of expression, Life, Meaningful, Speech, Spend
Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.
Author: Gabriel ByrneTopics: Famous, Fear, Inspirational, Past, Powerful Message, Regret
Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose? Nothing else. Tell me then, you men, do you wish to live in error? We do not. No one who lives in error is free. Do you wish to live in fear? Do you wish to live in sorrow? Do you wish to live in tension? By no means. No one who is in a state of fear or sorrow or tension is free, but whoever is delivered from sorrows or fears or anxieties, he is at the same time also delivered from servitude.
Author: EpictetusTopics: Choose, Deliver, Error, Famous, Fear, Free, Freedom, Inspirational, Life, Living, Meaningful, Power, Servitude, Sorrow
What men fear is not that death is annihilation but that it is not.
Author: EpicurusTopics: Death, Famous, Fear, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Men
Men, believing in myths, will always fear something terrible, everlasting punishment as certain or probable . . . Men base all these fears not on mature opinions, but on irrational fancies, that they are more disturbed by fear of the unknown than by facing facts. Peace of mind lies in being delivered from all these fears.
Author: EpictetusTopics: Always, Facts, Famous, Fear, Inspirational, Irrational, Lies, Lord, Mature, Meaningful, Men, Mind, Myths, Opinions, Peace, Personal belief, Philosopher, Probable, Punishment, Strong desire, Terrible
It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.
Author: EpictetusTopics: Famous, Fear, Free, Golden, Inspirational, Life, Lord, Lying, Meaningful, Personal belief, Philosopher, Rich, Strong desire, Trouble
A man who causes fear cannot be free from fear.
Author: EpictetusTopics: Famous, Fear, Free, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, People
For it is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death.
Author: EpictetusTopics: Death, Famous, Fear, Feared, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Pain
There is only one thing worse than boredom, and that is the fear of boredom.
Author: Emil Cioran
Topics: Famous, Fear, Fear of punishment, Feelings, Inspirational, Meaningful
If death causes you no pain when you’re dead, it is foolish to allow the fear of it to cause you pain now.
Author: EpicurusTopics: Dead, Death, Famous, Fear, Foolish, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Pain
Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?
Author: EpicurusTopics: Death, Exist, Famous, Fear, Inspirational, Meaningful
It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous — even death is terrible only if we fear it.
Author: EpictetusTopics: Control, Death, Famous, Fear, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Nature, Terrible, Towards
It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance
Author: EpictetusTopics: Die, Famous, Fear, Grief, Hunger, Inspirational, Life, Live, Lived, Meaningful, Spirit, Trouble, Troubled
Never allow fear to overpower your passion.
Author: Gabby DouglasTopics: Famous, Fear, Motivational, Never, Overpower, Passion
Fear is the ultimate leverage of power.
Author: Enzo FerrariTopics: Famous, Fear, Inspirational, Leverage, Life, Meaningful, Power, Ultimate
Death makes no sense except to people who have passionately loved life. How can one die without having something to part from? Detachment is a negation of both life and death. Whoever has overcome his fear of death has also triumphed over life. For life is nothing but another word for this fear.
Author: Emil CioranTopics: Death, Fear, Fear Less, Passion, Passionate, Procedures, Process, Sense, Sense of Achievement, Something, Something for nothing
We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history.
Author: Ellen G. WhiteTopics: Famous, Fear, Forget, History, Inspirational, Life, Lord, Meaningful, Past, People, Teaching
The greatest want of the world is the want of men – men who will not be bought or sold, men who in their inmost souls are true and honest, men who do not fear to call sin by its right name, men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole, men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.
Author: Ellen G. WhiteTopics: Duty, Fall, Famous, Fear, Heaven, Honest, Inspirational, Meaningful, Men, Needle, Right, Soul, True, World
We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history.
Author: Ellen G. WhiteTopics: Famous, Fear, History, Inspirational, Life, Lord, Meaningful, Nothing, Past, Teaching
Don’t let fear hold you back from reaching your full potential.
Author: Eliud KipchogeTopics: Famous, Fear, Hold, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Potential, Reaching
We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
Author: Eleanor RooseveltTopics: Care, Famous, Fear, Inspirational, Meaningful, Person
When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.
Author: Eleanor RooseveltTopics: Famous, Fear, Horror, Inspirational, Look, Meaningful, Things
Theology, by diverting the attention of men from this life to another, and by endeavoring to coerce all men into one religion, constantly preaching that this world is full of misery, but the next world would be beautiful – or not, as the case may be – has forced on men the thought of fear where otherwise there might have been the happy abandon of nature.
Author: Elbert HubbardTopics: Fear, Fearful, Happy, Happy life, Lesson, Letting go, Natural things, Nature, Nature of love, Relief, Religion, Religious belief, Religious Differences, World
Good health! Whenever you go out of doors, draw the chin in, carry the crown of your head high, and fill the lungs to the utmost; drink in sunshine; greet your friends with a smile, and put soul into every handclasp. Do not fear being misunderstood and never waste a minute thinking about your enemies.
Author: Elbert HubbardTopics: Doors, Drink, Fear, Feeling, Feeling good, feeling of confidence, Head, Head Down, High, High level
Courage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run it is easier.
Author: Eleanor RooseveltTopics: Courage, Exhilarating, Famous, Fear, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful
The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences
Author: Eleanor RooseveltTopics: Experience, Famous, Fear, Inspirational, Life, Live, Meaningful, Newer, Purpose
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
Author: Eleanor RooseveltTopics: Confidence, Courage, Experience, Face, Famous, Fear, Inspiration, Inspirational, Inspirational Message, Look, Motivation, People, Strength
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
Author: Eleanor RooseveltTopics: Experience, Fear, Life, Live, Newer, Purpose, Richer, Taste
Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, ‘It can’t be done.’
Author: Eleanor RooseveltTopics: Doubt, Famous, Fear, History, Hope, Inspirational, Intelligent, Life, Light, Meaningful, People, Person
No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
Author: Edmund BurkeTopics: Effectually, Famous, Fear, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Mind, Passion, Powers, Reasoning
When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
Author: Edmund BurkeTopics: Conquer, Famous, Fear, Feared, Inspirational, Knowledge, Learn, Learner, Life, Meaningful, Motivation, New knowledge, Shores of knowledge
No power so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
Author: Edmund BurkeTopics: Experiences, Famous, Fear, Inspirational, Meaningful, Mind, People, Powers, Reasoning, ROBS
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
Author: Brian TracyTopics: Action, Critical thinking, Experiences, Famous, Fear, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Overcome, People, Positive, Thinking
Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.
Author: Corrie Ten BoomTopics: Fear, Fearful, Inefficiency, Thoughtful, Thoughtful manner, Worry
I don’t give a f***. We’re not fighting. I don’t care what anyone thinks about me. All the stuff I have to do outside the fighting, the promotion, this, I don’t give a f***. But when I am facing up for a fight, I know what they’re thinking. I can read their minds. When I am going face to face with an opponent, nose to nose, I can smell the fear, and I’m feeling no fear at all.
Author: Conor McGregor
Topics: Face, Fear, Fearful, Fighting, Promoting, Reactor, Read
I fear no man. If you breathe oxygen, I do not fear you.
Author: Conor McGregor
Topics: Breath, Fear, Fear Less, Oxygen
You can’t fear success and I think a lot of people do… I’m not like that. I’m going for it.
Author: Conor McGregor
Topics: Fear, Fear Less, Lesson, Letting go, People, People’s Opinions, Suffer, Suffering
The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear.
Author: Confucius
Topics: Fear, Fearful, Freedom, Person, Person's character, Superior, Superiors, Visions, Visualize
If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
Topics: Fear, Fear Less, Heard, Heart, Heart Rate, Something, Something for nothing, Wrong
The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.
Author: Richard BachTopics: Changed, Famous, Fear, Life, Overcome, Wonder
Grief is no more necessary when we understand death than fear is necessary when we understand flying.
Author: Richard BachTopics: Death, Famous, Fear, Flying, Grief, Meaningful, Understand
Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.
Author: Richard BachTopics: Famous, Fear, Instead, Listen
The shortest way to drive yourself mad is to refuse to be swayed by hope or fear
Author: Christopher HitchensTopics: Drive, Fear, Hope, Hope for peace, Hopeful, Reform, Refuse, Regarded, Self, Self Belief, Self Care, Self prepared, Shortest
Those who fear losing sight of the shore can never cross the ocean.
Author: Christopher Columbus
Topics: Cross, Famous, Fear, Fearful, Feelings, Life, Losing, Loss, Meaningful, Occurs, Ocean
You are not supposed to fear any action that will go in the service of God.
Author: Christopher Columbus
Topics: Famous, Fear, Fearful, Feelings, God, God willing, Life, Meaningful, Serve, Service, Supporting, Supposed
The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.
Author: Ralph Waldo EmersonTopics: Danger, Famous, Fear, God, Storms
Fear always springs from ignorance.
Author: Ralph Waldo EmersonTopics: Famous, Fear, Ignorance, Spring
Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.
Author: Ralph Waldo EmersonTopics: Certain, Death, Famous, Fear
Let me not look for allies in life’s battlefield, But to my own strength. Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved, But for the patience to win my freedom.
Author: Rabindranath TagoreTopics: Famous, Fear, Freedom, Life's, Patience, Strength
What is the special privilege of youth? It is, I think, the power of looking forward, the firm belief that the future holds something that is worth possessing, and that, therefore, one can let the present moment drop from one without regret and without fear.
Author: Edith SitwellTopics: Famous, Fear, Feelings, Life, Meaningful, Youth
Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
Author: Earl NightingaleTopics: Famous, Fear, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, People, Positive, Possible, Time
One ought to be afraid of nothing other then things possessed of power to do us harm, but things innoucuous need not be feared.
Author: Dante AlighieriTopics: Famous, Fear, Harmful, Meaningful, Possessed
I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
Author: Queen Elizabeth IITopics: Famous, Fear, Feelings, Meaningful
Blessed are those who do not fear solitude, who are not afraid of their own company, who are not always desperately looking for something to do, something to amuse themselves with, something to judge.
Author: Paulo CoelhoTopics: Company, Famous, Fear, Judge, Solitude, Something, Themselves
Use fear as an engine, not as a brake.
Author: Paulo CoelhoTopics: Engine, Famous, Fear, Meaningful
Don’t fear the light within. May it ignite the Sacred Flame in your soul.
Author: Paulo CoelhoTopics: Famous, Fear, Meaningful, Positive, Soul
All of us experience fear, but when we confront and acknowledge it, we are able to turn it into courage. Being courageous does not mean never being scared; it means acting as you know you must even though you are undeniably afraid.
Author: Desmond TutuTopics: Courage, Famous, Fear, Meaningful
We lose many things simply out of our fear of losing them.”
Author: Paulo CoelhoTopics: Famous, Fear, Lose, Meaningful
Life is a long pilgrimage from fear to love.
Author: Paulo CoelhoTopics: Famous, Fear, Life, Love, Meaningful, Pilgrimage
If you don’t fear, the Unknown will be KIND to you.
Author: Paulo CoelhoTopics: Famous, Fear, Kind, Meaningful, Unknown
Say “NO” without guilt. Say “YES” without fear.
Author: Paulo CoelhoTopics: Famous, Fear, Guilt, Meaningful
Fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.
Author: Paulo CoelhoTopics: Famous, Fear, Life, Meaningful
Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.
Author: Paulo CoelhoTopics: Dreams, Failure, Famous, Fear, Fight, Impossible, Life, Meaningful, Remember
And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.
Author: Paulo CoelhoTopics: Absence, Famous, Fear, Inspirational, Meaningful, Understand
Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.
Author: Che GuevaraTopics: Eternity, Experiences, Famous, Fear, Fearful, Feelings, Good Times, Life, Meaningful, Short, Times, Times of difficulty
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity.
Author: Paulo CoelhoTopics: Famous, Fear, God, Meaningful, Second
I have a wish. It as a fear as well – that in my end will be my beginning.
Author: Che GuevaraTopics: Ending, Fear, Fearful, Will, Will power, Willingness
I don’t want to live in a hand-me-down world of others’ experiences. I want to write about me, my discoveries, my fears, my feelings, about me.
Author: Helen KellerTopics: Desire, Discoveries, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Individuality, Inspirational, Life, Self-Expression, Write
Duh! So, we’re asking you now, what are some of your favorite lines that this warlock brain produced?
Author: Charlie Sheen
Topics: Famous, Favorite, Fear, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Produced, Sufficient, Suggests
Fear is never a good enough reason to do nothing
Author: Charlie Sheen
Topics: Famous, Fear, Fear of punishment, Feelings, Life, Meaningful, Never, Never Ending, Nothing, Notice, Realizing, Reason, Reasonable
Conscience, that boon companion who sets a man free under the strong breastplate of innocence, that bids him on and fear not.
Author: Dante AlighieriTopics: Companion, Famous, Fear, Free, Innocence, Meaningful, Strong
We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations, or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born.
Author: Charlie Chaplin
Topics: Fear, Fear Less, Long-term planning, Longer, Longest sentence, Probabilities, Problem, Problem-Solving, Star, Workings, World
Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
Author: Otto von BismarckTopics: Death, Famous, Fear, Meaningful, Preventive, Suicide
In your fear, seek only peace. In your fear, seek only love.
Author: David BowieTopics: Famous, Fear, Love, Meaningful
What we should really fear is not failure but the heart that is no longer brave enough to take risks and embrace challenges.
Author: G-DragonTopics: Challenges, Embrace, Failure, Famous, Fear, Hearts, Inspirational
Never fear dying, beloved. Dying is the last, but the least matter that a Christian has to be anxious about. Fear living – that is a hard battle to fight, a stern discipline to endure, a rough voyage to undergo.
Author: Charles Spurgeon
Topics: Christ, Christian, Discipline, Fear, Fields, Fight, Matter, Mature, Underestimate, Undergo, Understandable
If you have fear of some pain or suffering, you should examine whether there is anything you can do about it. If you can, there is no need to worry about it; if you cannot do anything, then there is also no need to worry.
Author: Dalai LamaTopics: Famous, Fear, Meaningful, Pain
Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. Keep your thoughts free from hate, and you need have no fear from those who hate you.
Author: George Washington CarverTopics: Destroy, Famous, Fear, Hate, Haters, Inspirational, Thoughts
His help is timely: He is a very present help in time of trouble. His help is very wise: He knows how to give each man help meet and fit for him. His help is most effectual, though vain is the help of man. His help is more than help, for He bears all the burden and supplies all the need. The LORD is my helper, I will not fear what man can do unto me.
Author: Charles Spurgeon
Topics: Fear, Fearful, Helpful, Helping others, Never giving up, Present, Reliable, Religion, Religious Differences, Supply
When we have God in clear focus, His powerful presence eclipses our fear.
Author: Charles R. Swindoll
Topics: Clear, Clear vision, Experiences, Famous, Fear, Fearful, Feelings, Fly, Focus, Focused, God, God willing, Life, Meaningful, Powerful, Powerful Being
You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy’s ranks.
Author: Napoleon BonaparteTopics: Death, Drive, Enemy’s, Famous, Fear
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.
Author: Napoleon BonaparteTopics: Famous, Fear, Meaningful, People
We fear the future because we are wasting today.
Author: Mother TeresaTopics: Famous, Fear, Wasting
A general in time of war is constantly bombarded by reports both true and false; by errors arising from fear or negligence or hastiness; by disobedience born of right or wrong interpretations, of ill will; of a proper or mistaken sense of duty; of laziness; or of exhaustion; and by accident that nobody could have foreseen. In short, he is exposed to countless impressions, most of them disturbing, few of them encouraging. … If a man were to yield to these pressures, he would never complete an operation.
Author: Carl von Clausewitz
Topics: Encouragement, Falling, False, Fear, Impression., Operation, Replaced, Right, Times, Times of difficulty, True
You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live.
Author: George Bernard ShawTopics: Famous, Fear, Impactful Roles, Individuals, Inspirational, Life, Life Choices, Poverty, Quality of Life
All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
Author: George S. PattonTopics: Courage, Essence, Famous, Fear, Manhood, Motivational
When There Is Fear of Failure, There Will Be Failure.
Author: George S. PattonTopics: Failure, Famous, Fear, Influence, Inspirational, Outcomes
Find out what a person fears most and that is where he will develop next
Author: Carl JungTopics: Develop, Development, Fear, Fearful, Next Level, Only person, Originality
Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.
Author: Neil ArmstrongTopics: Emotion, Famous, Fear, Meaningful
Where your fear is, there is your task
Author: Carl JungTopics: Experiences, Famous, Fear, Fearful, Feelings, Inspirational, Lesson, Life, Meaningful, Task, Tasting
A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated — this is the greatest blessing.
Author: C. S. LewisTopics: Clean, Famous, Fear, Fortune, Greatness, Lesson, Life, Meaningful, Minded
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear
Author: C. S. LewisTopics: Fear, Grief, Learning, Like, Together, Told
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.
Author: BuddhaTopics: Evil, Fear, Friends, Leads, Mind, Wild
The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.
Author: George EliotTopics: Failure, Famous, Fear, Purposes
I’m proof against that word failure. I’ve seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.
Author: George EliotTopics: Failure, Famous, Fear, Proof
There’s two sorts of fear: one you embrace and one you should listen to and turn the other way.
Author: Matthew McConaugheyTopics: Embrace, Famous, Fear, Inspirational, Listen, Meaningful
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
Author: BuddhaTopics: Death, Fear, Lived, Winning, Wise
People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.
Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.Topics: Famous, Fear, Meaningful, People
We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.Topics: Famous, Fear, Hold, Life, Meaningful
And though this world with devils filled, Should threaten to undo us, We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us.
Author: Martin LutherTopics: Famous, Fear, God, Meaningful, Truth, World
I wish neither to possess nor to be possessed. I no longer covet ‘paradise’. More important, I no longer fear ‘hell’.
Author: Bruce LeeTopics: Fear, Important, Longer, Possesses, Self-Important
Look here, if you’re telling the truth you needn’t be afraid–nobody’ll hurt you.
Author: Mark TwainTopics: Famous, Fear, Hurt, Meaningful, Truth
Have no fear of perfection; you’ll never reach it.
Author: Marie CurieTopics: Famous, Fear, Meaningful, Perfection
Don’t fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.
Author: Bruce LeeTopics: Failure, Fear, Glorious
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.
Author: Bruce LeeTopics: Fear, Fearful, Kick, Powerful motivation, Practical, Practice
If they treat us with fear, we are to see their behavior as a call for love.
Author: Marianne WilliamsonTopics: Famous, Fear, Love, Meaningful
Dear God, I give this time of quiet to You. Please dissolve my thoughts of stress and fear And deliver me to the inner place Where all is peace and love. Amen.
Author: Marianne WilliamsonTopics: Famous, Fear, Meaningful, Positive, Stress
Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn.
Author: Marianne WilliamsonTopics: Famous, Fear, Love, Meaningful
Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.
Author: Marianne WilliamsonTopics: Famous, Fear, Limits, Meaningful, Nothing
It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.
Author: Margaret MeadTopics: Famous, Fear, Inspirational, Meaningful, Merely, Punishment, Question
Our worst fears, like our greatest hopes, are not outside our powers, and we can come in the end to triumph over the former and to achieve the latter.
Author: Marcel ProustTopics: Famous, Fear, Greatest, Hopes, Meaningful, Power, Triumph
I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We’ve been taught that silence would save us, but it won’t
Author: Audre LordeTopics: Fear, Silence, Speak, Voice, Write
Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
Author: Arthur AsheTopics: Challenging, Fear, Lose, Really, Time
Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike
Author: Arthur AsheTopics: Excuse, Famous, Fear, Life, Meaningful, Steps
Be resolute, fear no sacrifice and surmount every difficulty to win victory.
Author: Mao ZedongTopics: Famous, Fear, Resolute, Sacrifice, Surmount, Victory
Firstly, do not fear hardship, and secondly, do not fear death.
Author: Mao ZedongTopics: Death, Famous, Fear, Hardship, Life, Secondly
I choose to rise up out of that storm and see that in moments of desperation, fear, and helplessness, each of us can be a rainbow of hope, doing what we can to extend ourselves in kindness and grace to one another. And I know for sure that there is no them – there’s only us.
Author: Oprah WinfreyTopics: Fear, Helpless, Kindness, Moment, Storms
Whatever you fear most has no power – it is your fear that has the power. The thing itself cannot touch you. But if you allow your fear to seep into your mind and overtake your thoughts, it will rob you of your life.
Author: Oprah WinfreyTopics: Fear, Life, Mind, Power, Thoughts, Touches
I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.
Author: Oprah WinfreyTopics: Fear, Life, Love, Opportunities
The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear.
Author: Mahatma GandhiTopics: Enemy, Famous, Fear, Hate, Life, Meaningful
Fear has its use but cowardice has none.
Author: Mahatma GandhiTopics: Famous, Fear, Life, Meaningful
Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other is by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment.
Author: Mahatma GandhiTopics: Famous, Fear, Love, Meaningful, Obtained, Permanent, Power, Punishment
We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate a man wholly out of the superstitious fears which were early implanted in his imagination; no matter how utterly his reason may reject them.
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, SrTopics: Fear, Imagination, Reason, Record, Superstition, Superstitions, Tattoos
Fear can move you to destructiveness or sickness or failure. Only in rare instances will it motivate you to accomplishment. But faith is a greater force. Faith can drive itself into your consciousness and set you free from fear forever.
Author: Norman Vincent PealeTopics: Failure, Famous, Fear, Life, Sickest thing
Men are driven by two principal impulses, either by love or by fear.
Author: Niccolo MachiavelliTopics: Famous, Fear, Love, Meaningful
Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.
Author: Nelson MandelaTopics: Courageous, Famous, Fear, Meaningful, People
Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.
Author: Nelson MandelaTopics: Famous, Fear, Forgiveness, Liberates, Meaningful, Powerful, Soul, Weapon
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Author: Nelson MandelaTopics: Famous, Fear, Liberated, Meaningful
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Author: Nelson MandelaTopics: Absence, Courage, Famous, Fear, Learned, Life, Meaningful, Triumph
Those who conduct themselves with morality, integrity and consistency need not fear the forces of inhumanity and cruelty.
Author: Nelson MandelaTopics: Consistency, Famous, Fear, Inhumanity, Inspirational, Integrity, Meaningful, Morality
The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Author: Nelson MandelaTopics: Brave, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Inspirational, Meaningful
Fear can infect us early in life until eventually it cuts a deep groove of apprehension in all our thinking. To counteract it, let faith, hope and courage enter your thinking. Fear is strong, but faith is stronger yet.
Author: Norman Vincent PealeTopics: Deep, Famous, Fear, Life, Meaningful, Strong, Thinking
Difficulties must be studied and dealt with, but they must not be magnfiied by fear
Author: Norman Vincent PealeTopics: Dealing, Famous, Fear, Life
Do not build up obstacles in your imagination. Difficulties must be studied and dealt with, but they must not be magnfiied by fear
Author: Norman Vincent PealeTopics: Built, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Imagination, Life, Meaningful
Respectable opinion would never consider an assessment of the Reagan Doctrine or earlier exercises in terms of their actual human costs, and could not comprehend that such an assessment—which would yield a monstrous toll if accurately conducted on a global scale—might perhaps be a proper task in the United States. At the same level of integrity, disciplined Soviet intellectuals are horrified over real or alleged American crimes, but perceive their own only as benevolent intent gone awry, or errors of an earlier day, now overcome; the comparison is inexact and unfair, since Soviet intellectuals can plead fear as an excuse for their services to state violence.
Author: Noam ChomskyTopics: Consideration, Discipline, Fear, Integrity, Intellectual, Opinion, Opinions, Service
The issue is whether we want to live in a free society or whether we want to live under what amounts to a form of self-imposed totalitarianism, with the bewildered herd marginalized, directed elsewhere, terrified, screaming patriotic slogans, fearing for their lives, and admiring with awe the leader who saved them from destruction, while the educated masses goose-step on command and repeat the slogans they’re supposed to repeat and the society deteriorates at home.
Author: Noam ChomskyTopics: Education, Fear, Marginal, Patriotism, Society
The greatest tragedy is what dies inside us while we live. We need not fear death. We need fear only that we may exist without having sensed something of the possibilities that lie within human existence.
Author: Norman CousinsTopics: Death, Famous, Fear, Great, Human activities, Lie, Life, Meaningful
People who fear the worst tend to invite it. Heads that are down can’t scan the horizon for new openings. Bursts of energy do not spring from a spirit of defeat. Ultimately, helplessness leads to hopelessness.
Author: Norman CousinsTopics: Energy, Famous, Fear, Helpless, Horizon, Life, Meaningful
People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams.
Author: Norman CousinsTopics: Dream, Famous, Fear, Life, Meaningful, Obsessed
I fear living a life where I could have accomplished something and didn’t. That’s what I fear. I don’t fear death.
Author: Neil deGrasse TysonTopics: Accomplished, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Meaningful
Fear not, provided you fear; but if you fear not, then fear.
Author: Blaise PascalTopics: Fear, Provided
He who has overcome his fears will truly be free
Author: AristotleTopics: Famous, Fear, Feelings, Life, Meaningful
Fear can paralyze us and keep us from believing God and stepping out in faith. The devil loves a fearful Christian!
Author: Billy GrahamTopics: Christian, Devil, Faith, Fear, Fearful, God, Paralyze
The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.
Author: Anton ChekhovTopics: Famous, Fear, Feelings, Life, Powerful, Powerful Message
The hardest thing is to live richly in the present without letting it be tainted out of fear for the future or regret for the past.
Author: Anton ChekhovTopics: Famous, Fear, Feelings, Hard Time, Hardest, Life, Past, Riches
Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth more than ruin more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.
Author: Bertrand RussellTopics: Comfortable, Death, Earth, Established, Fear, Glory, Institutions, Privileges, World
Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only in Hard Rock Cafes and McDonald’s? Or do we want to eat without fear, tearing into the local stew, the humble taqueria’s mystery meat, the sincerely offered gift of a lightly grilled fish head?
Author: Anthony BourdainTopics: Country, Experiences, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Humble, Life, Meaningful, Realization, Really
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom, in the pursuit of truth as in the endeavour after a worthy manner of life.
Author: Bertrand RussellTopics: Conquer, Endeavour, Fear, Life, Sources, Superstition, Wisdom
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
Author: Bertrand RussellTopics: Fear, Opinion
As long as you can look fearlessly at the sky, you’ll know that you’re pure within and will find happiness once more
Author: Anne FrankTopics: Famous, Fear, Feelings, Happiness, Life, Look, Pure, Sky
Indecision is the seedling of fear.
Author: Napoleon HillTopics: Famous, Fear, Indecision, Meaningful, Seedling
Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.
Author: Benjamin FranklinTopics: Die, Famous, Fear, Immortal, Meaningful
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.
Author: Les BrownTopics: Dream, Famous, Fear, Living
I hide my emotions mainly because you don’t want somebody to know that you feel sorry for them, because they will feel worse, or because you don’t want someone to know or see your fear. If someone like a sick kid or a burn victim sees your fear, they respond to how you respond. And if you show them it’s terrible, they will get upset. It’s something I’ve learned over the years.
Author: Angelina JolieTopics: Emotion, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Learning, Life, Sick, Somebody, Terrible, Victim
Yes, a dictator can be loved. Provided that the masses fear him at the same time. The crowd love strong men. The crowd is like a woman.
Author: Benito MussoliniTopics: Famous, Fear, Feelings, Life, Meaningful, Strong
Things which are accidentally the causes either of hope or fear are called good or evil omens.
Author: Baruch SpinozaTopics: Evil, Fear, Good, Hope
Superstition, then, is engendered, preserved, and fostered by fear.
Author: Baruch SpinozaTopics: Engendered, Famous, Fear, Fostered, Meaningful, Preserved, Superstition
He who hates anyone will endeavor to do him an injury, unless he fears that a greater injury will thereby accrue to himself; on the other hand, he who loves anyone will, by the same law, seek to benefit him.
Author: Baruch SpinozaTopics: Experiences, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Injury, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful
Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.
Author: Baruch SpinozaTopics: Famous, Fear, Feelings, Hope, Meaningful
Will you still love me, when I’m no longer young and beautiful? Will you still love me when I got nothing but my aching soul?
Author: Lana Del ReyTopics: Abandoned, Famous, Fear, Losing love
There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
Author: Baruch SpinozaTopics: Famous, Fear, Feelings, Hope, Life, Meaningful, Unmingled
We can’t be brave without fear.
Author: Muhammad AliTopics: Brave, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Life, Meaningful
Dear Dad, you always told me that an honest man has nothing to fear, so I’m trying my best not to be afraid.
Author: Leonardo Di CaprioTopics: Dad, Expressing, Famous, Fear, Honesty, Importance, Inspirational, Positive
Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
Author: Babe RuthTopics: Famous, Fear, Fearless, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
Author: Alexander PopeTopics: Ability, Experiences, Famous, Fear, Fearless, Feelings, Fool, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful
I’m intimidated by the fear of being average.
Author: Taylor SwiftTopics: Famous, Fear, Fearless, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Positive
Topics: Ability, Comfortable, Experiences, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Positive
People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented. Didn’t they?
Author: Bill GatesTopics: Famous, Fear, Fearless, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful
People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn’t they?
Author: Bill GatesTopics: Experiences, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Positive
Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.
Author: AesopTopics: Cake, Experiences, Famous, Fear, Fearless, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful
There is no disgrace in honest failure; there is disgrace in fearing to fail
Author: AeschylusTopics: Experiences, Failure, Faithfulness, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Hold, Honest, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful
When a match has equal partners, then I fear not
Author: AeschylusTopics: Environments, Equal, Equality, Experiences, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Partner, Positive
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
Author: T. S. EliotTopics: Experiences, Famous, Fear, Fearless, Feelings, Handful, Meaningful
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there’s no risk of accident for someone who’s dead.
Author: Albert EinsteinTopics: Dead, Death, Experiences, Famous, Fear, Fearless, Feelings, Meaningful, Positive, Risking, Risks
Running away from fear is fear, fighting pain is pain, trying to be brave is being scared
Author: Alan WattsTopics: Courage, Experiences, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Fight, Growing Brave, Leadership, Leads, Learning, Life, Pain, Running, Rust, Scared, Try
The art of living… is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other
Author: Alan WattsTopics: Famous, Fear, Feelings, Life, Past
To be a winner you must want to win but must know of the chance of losing and must not fear of it.
Author: Leonardo da VinciTopics: Desire, Famous, Fear, Losing, Motivational, Want, Winning
People react to fear, not love – they don’t teach that in Sunday School, but it’s true.
Author: Leonardo da VinciTopics: Famous, Fear, Love, React, Reality
Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.
Author: Leonardo da VinciTopics: Courage, Famous, Fear, Protect, Risks
Ned, I would love to stand here and talk with you—but I’m not going to
Author: Adam sandlerTopics: Fame Obsession, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Fulfilling, Life, Responsibilities, Survives
Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.
Author: Leo TolstoyTopics: Death, Famous, Fear, Meaningful, Self-Realization, Suffering
He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.
Author: Abu BakrTopics: Famous, Fear, Fearless, Life
So many people allow fear to rob them of their reasoning, halt their happiness, or derail their dreams. So as we approach Halloween, I thought it was the perfect time to share 13 quotes on fear—the kind that keep you from moving forward in your life and achieving your full potential.
Author: Abraham MaslowTopics: Dream, Famous, Fear, Feel, Feelings, Happiness, Life
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Author: Abraham MaslowTopics: Experiences, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Life, Motivation, Motivational, Positive, Respect, Responsibilities
It seems that the necessary thing to do is not to fear mistakes, to plunge in, to do the best that one can, hoping to learn enough from blunders to correct them eventually
Author: Abraham MaslowTopics: Famous, Fear, Feelings, Life
Fear is the greatest obstacle to learning. But fear is your best friend. Fear is like fire. If you learn to control it, you let it work for you. If you don’t learn to control it, it’ll destroy you and everything around you.
Author: Mike TysonTopics: Control, Fear, Friend, Obstacle
There’s nothing to fear but fear itself. Fear is an illusion. If you’re gonna die, you’re gonna die anyway; it’s not something to fear, fear is not gonna help.
Author: Mike TysonTopics: Death, Fear, Illusion
Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I’m trying to say is I’m trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world.
Author: Lady GagaTopics: Dedication, Devotion, Fans, Fear, Liberate, Love, World
All that ever holds somebody back, I think, is fear. For a minute I had fear. [Then] I went into the [dressing] room and shot my fear in the face…
Author: Lady GagaTopics: Famous, Fear
I am so tired of fear. And I don’t want my girls to live in a country, in a world, based on fear
Author: Michelle ObamaTopics: Fear, Tired, World
Failure is a feeling long before it becomes an actual result. It’s a vulnerability that breeds with self-doubt and then is escalated, often deliberately, by fear.
Author: Michelle ObamaTopics: Failure, Fear, Vulnerability
You can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.
Author: Michelle ObamaTopics: Decision, Fear, Happen, Possibility
Never say never. Because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.
Author: Michael JordanTopics: Famous, Fear, Illusion, Limits, Meaningful
One day, you might look up and see me playing the game at 50. Don’t laugh. Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.
Author: Michael JordanTopics: Fear, Illusion, Laugh, Limits, Player
I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me. Failure always made me try harder next time.
Author: Michael JordanTopics: Failure, Fear, Hard Time, Hard Work, Harder, Illusion, Obstacle, People, Time
My love, I fear the silence of your hands.
Author: Mahmoud DarwishTopics: Fear, Hand, Love, Silence
I don’t fear failure, I fear not living up to my potential. I take that passion with me and never stop learning…
Author: Lewis HamiltonTopics: Disappointment, Failure, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Improve, Learning
I’m telling you a lie in a vicious effort that you will repeat my lie over and over until it becomes true.
Author: Lady GagaTopics: Change, Effort, Famous, Fear, Manipulation, Mindset
Anyone whose goal is ‘something higher’ must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.
Author: Milan KunderaTopics: Desire, Falling, Fear, Life, Self-Love
They can’t scare me, if I scare them first.
Author: Lady GagaTopics: Desire, Famous, Fear, Self-Defense, Self-Improvement, Self-Protection
Everyone has a different view on football, but I didn’t have a fear that I wouldn’t be good enough in England.
Author: Luca ModricTopics: Confidence, Experiences, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Football, Hard Work, Honest, Improvements, Inspirational, Mindset, Opinion, Passionate, Self Belief, Self-Acceptance, Success
I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person.
Author: Walt WhitmanTopics: Challenge, Compassion, Deep, Emotion, Empathy, Experiences, Express, Facts, Famous, Fear, Hurt, Pain
The man hunched over his motorcycle can focus only on the present… he is caught in a fragment of time cut off from both the past and the future… he has no fear, because the source of fear is in the future, and a person freed of the future has nothing to fear.
Author: Milan KunderaTopics: Challenge, Concept, Famous, Fear, Feeling, Focused, Hunched
If you’re trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I’ve had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Author: Michael JordanTopics: Acknowledgement, Ambition, Challenge, Comparision, Competition, Courage, Dedication, Fear, Feelings, Focused, Lesson, Life
I’ve never been afraid to fail.
Author: Michael JordanTopics: Ability, Acknowledgement, Challenge, Choice, Courage, Facts, Failure, Fear, Losing, Strength
The ultimate form of disrespect is to dismiss someone’s worth and value.
Author: Michelle ObamaTopics: Concept, Confession, Disrespect, Efficiency, Effort, Elegance, Enemies, Fear, Feeling, Forgiveness, Value, Worth
If you do not take control over your time and your life, other people will gobble it up. If you don’t prioritize yourself, you constantly start falling lower and lower on your list.
Author: Michelle ObamaTopics: Advice, Challenge, Cheat, Confidence, Efficiency, Effort, Equality, Facts, Failure, Famous, Fear, Feeling, Hard Work, Improve, Improvement, Improvements, Sorrows, Success, Successful, Time, Value, Wisdom, Work
Don’t ever make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on hope and possibility. Make decisions based on what should happen, not what shouldn’t.
Topics: Acknowledgement, Decision, Emotion, Enemies, Fear
It takes courage to choose hope over fear.
Author: Mark ZuckerbergTopics: Confidence, Courage, Failure, Faith, Fear, Feeling, Patience, Strength, Worry
In a world that’s changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.
Author: Mark ZuckerbergTopics: Advice, Control, Courage, Emotion, Fear, Feelings, Freedom, Inspirational, Lesson, Life, Meaningful, Mind, Money, Observation, Opportunity, Problems, Success, Successful, Work
A land without myths is like a sky without stars.
Author: Mahmoud DarwishTopics: Change, Concept, Control, Devotion, Dreams, Education, Effort, Emotion, Experiences, Fear, Feelings, Hustle, Stars, Truth, World
In the face of darkness, we are the light.
Author: Mahmoud DarwishTopics: Alone, Effort, Environmental, Fear, Feelings, Title, Truth, Worry
I write to remember, and I write to forget.
Author: Mahmoud DarwishTopics: Emotion, Experiences, Fear, Forgiveness, Honour, Lesson, Life, Respect, Strength, Struggle
In the face of injustice, silence is betrayal.
Author: Mahmoud DarwishTopics: Alone, Emotion, Environmental, Expectation, Experiences, Fear, Feelings, Life, Technique
I am a poet; my words are my weapon.
Author: Mahmoud DarwishTopics: Concept, Expectation, Fear, Imagination, Learning
My homeland is a poem that cannot be erased.
Author: Mahmoud DarwishTopics: Fear, Feelings, Strength, Title, Truth
I know how important it is to have a helping hand. In my childhood, I had difficult times because of hormonal problems. If I hadn’t had support, I wouldn’t have been able to fulfil my dreams.
Author: Lionel MessiTopics: Achievement, Childhood, Contributions, Courage, Desire, Dream, Family, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Home, Life, Possibility, Problems, Relationship, Source, Struggle, Successful, Support, Time
I am one of those who burn with their wounds.
Author: Mahmoud DarwishTopics: Concept, Courage, Desire, Emotion, Faith, Fear, Feelings, Imagination, Inspirational, Lesson
We are a people of words. We are not responsible for your ignorance of us.
Author: Mahmoud DarwishTopics: Alone, Cool, Courage, Fear, Feelings, Growth, Human, Life
We have a country of words. Speak, speak so I can put my road on the stone of a stone.
Author: Mahmoud DarwishTopics: Ambition, Criticize, Crucial, Decent, Fear, Feelings, Humor, Improvement, Judgement, Lesson
I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… when you think about the consequences, you always think of a negative result.
Author: Michael JordanTopics: Criticize, Crucial, Emotion, Failure, Faith, Fear, Lesson, Life
I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who loved challenges.
Author: Michael JordanTopics: Challenge, Championship, Courage, Experiences, Fear, Feelings, Mind, Performance, Reality, Strength, Success, Successful
Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.
Author: Michael JordanTopics: Achievement, Challenge, Chance, Courage, Dream, Effort, Emotion, Fear, Feelings, Improvements, Judgement, Learning, Lesson, Sacrifice, Self-Worth, War
Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.
Author: Michael JordanTopics: Alone, Dream, Elegance, Faith, Fear, Feelings, Imagination, Life, Manipulation, Mind, Visions, Worry
If you do the work, you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.
Author: Michael JordanTopics: Ambition, Challenge, Championship, Courage, Emotion, Experiences, Fear, Feelings, Learning, Lesson, Life, Meaningful, Mind, Reality, Self-Worth, Work
I’m not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.
Author: Michael JordanTopics: Achievement, Ambition, Challenge, Championship, Chance, Courage, Emotion, Environmental, Fear, Feelings, Footballer, Goal, Health, Hospital, Learning, Lesson, Life, Mind, Sports, Strength, Struggle, Success, Teacher, Value, Work
Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.
Author: Michael JordanTopics: Desire, Dream, Education, Emotion, Expectation, Faith, Famous, Fear, Feelings, Goals, Hope, Humor, Improvements, Inspirational, Learning, Lesson, Life, Mind, Money, Performance, Teacher, Time, Value, Work
I’ve never lost a game, I just ran out of time.
Author: Michael JordanTopics: Achievement, Ambition, Chance, Emotion, Expectation, Failure, Fear, Feelings, Football, Footballer, Goal, Humor, Improvements, Judgement, Learning, Lesson, Life, Society, Strength, Struggle, Success, Teacher, Time, Value, Work
I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.
Author: Michael JordanTopics: Ambition, Business, Challenge, Courage, Expectation, Experiences, Fear, Feelings, Goals, Humor, Improvements, Inspirational, Learning, Lesson, Life, Observation, Patience, Performance, Power, Process, Reality, Struggle, Time, Trust, Truth, Work