Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

fear

You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind. 21 thoughts from Dale Carnegie

A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war. 11 other quotes from Henry Van Dyke

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. 20 wisdom & wit from George S. Patton

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. 98 more quotes from Mark Twain

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain. 98 views from Mark Twain

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear. 21 quotes from Dale Carnegie

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. 18 quotes from Baruch Spinoza

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind. 21 other quotes from Dale Carnegie

Fear follows crime and is its punishment. 78 thoughts from Voltaire

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge. 21 sayings from Dale Carnegie

I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away. 14 quotes from Hedy Lamarr

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. 11 more quotes from Bruce Lee

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without. 32 other sayings from Martin Luther

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. 21 more views from Dale Carnegie

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it. 8 views from William Shenstone

Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love them. 4 quotes from Dorothy Day

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. 25 other views from C. S. Lewis

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. 4 more quotes from Marie Curie

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear. 52 other wisdom & wit from Albert Camus

Realists do not fear the results of their study. 10 other quotes from Fyodor Dostoevsky

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. 98 sayings from Mark Twain

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best. 52 more views from George Eliot

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death. 78 more views from Voltaire

The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government. 3 sayings from James K. Polk

There are many victories worse than a defeat. 52 quotes from George Eliot

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them. 22 wisdom & wit from Andre Gide

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear. 20 quotes from George S. Patton

There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope. 18 views from Baruch Spinoza

There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear. 11 quotes from Jawaharlal Nehru

They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure. 12 quotes from James Allen

Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government. 14 wisdom & wit from Wendell Phillips

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep? 14 more wisdom & wit from James Thurber

Do not look upon this world with fear and loathing. Bravely face whatever the gods offer. 4 more sayings from Morihei Ueshiba

Expose yourself to your deepest fear after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free. 14 quotes from Jim Morrison

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself. 68 more thoughts from Samuel Butler

Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people. 5 wisdom & wit from Anwar Sadat

Fear makes us feel our humanity. 75 more thoughts from Benjamin Disraeli

He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure. 2 other quotes from James Lane Allen

How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat? 14 other quotes from Joseph Conrad

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset. 12 other quotes from George MacDonald

I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven and in hell. 7 quotes from Edvard Munch

I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them. 3 quotes from Clara Barton

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. 75 wisdom & wit from Benjamin Disraeli

Let us banish fear. 6 more quotes from Carter G. Woodson

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness. 14 more views from James Thurber

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. 7 more quotes from William E. Gladstone

One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one. 9 sayings from Rainer Maria Rilke

Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace. 2 more quotes from Julien Benda

Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear. 14 views from Joseph Conrad

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure. 68 quotes from Samuel Butler

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. 75 quotes from Benjamin Disraeli

That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject. 46 views from George Santayana

The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death. 14 other wisdom & wit from Jim Morrison

The first duty of man is to conquer fear he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then. 58 wisdom & wit from Thomas Carlyle

We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict. 14 sayings from Jim Morrison

When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear. 2 other quotes from Alfred Eisenstaedt

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear. 17 quotes from Sammy Davis, Jr.

When you advise any person you should be guided by the fear of God. 21 views from Abu Bakr

Who sows fear, reaps weapons. 17 more wisdom & wit from Friedrich Durrenmatt

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood. 56 more quotes from Khalil Gibran

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry. 19 more views from Edgar Allan Poe

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few. 14 sayings from Stendhal

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause. 17 other quotes from Plutarch

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear. 45 more thoughts from Thomas Fuller

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out. 96 other wisdom & wit from Benjamin Franklin

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. 10 other views from William Congreve

Fear is excitement without breath. 2 other quotes from Robert Heller

Fear is the foundation of safety. 10 more thoughts from Tertullian

Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune. 12 views from Quintilian

God helps those who fear Him. 21 sayings from Abu Bakr

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear. 12 other quotes from Zora Neale Hurston

Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen. 5 more views from Pliny the Elder

He that hopes no good fears no ill. 45 thoughts from Thomas Fuller

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. 16 other quotes from Isaac Asimov

I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not. 4 sayings from Saadi

I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep. 3 more thoughts from Pierre Beaumarchais

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve. 14 wisdom & wit from Charles de Montesquieu

I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own. 4 wisdom & wit from Jackson Pollock

It may be you fear more to deliver judgment upon me than I fear judgment. 2 more quotes from Giordano Bruno

Let no man fear to die, we love to sleep all, and death is but the sounder sleep. 3 more views from Francis Beaumont

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey. 36 sayings from Lord Byron

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path. 56 quotes from Khalil Gibran

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other. 67 more quotes from Francis Bacon

Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame. 10 quotes from Tertullian

No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service. 5 other quotes from Christopher Columbus

No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. 37 thoughts from Edmund Burke

Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear. 11 thoughts from Douglas MacArthur

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes adversity not without many comforts and hopes. 67 sayings from Francis Bacon

Scalded cats fear even cold water. 45 wisdom & wit from Thomas Fuller

The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century. 6 more wisdom & wit from William Lyon Phelps

The more knowledge you have, the greater will be your fear of Allah. 21 wisdom & wit from Abu Bakr

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. 24 more quotes from Franklin D. Roosevelt

The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others. 19 quotes from Anton Chekhov

There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility. 21 quotes from Abu Bakr

There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion. 14 other thoughts from Charles de Montesquieu

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. 41 quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear. 30 views from Charles Caleb Colton

Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. 14 wisdom & wit from Bertolt Brecht

Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back. 6 more quotes from Babe Ruth

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman. 3 thoughts from Marian Anderson

I expect nothing. I fear no one. I am free. 7 quotes from Nikos Kazantzakis

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy. 11 more sayings from James Joyce

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. 7 views from Nikos Kazantzakis

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home. 4 thoughts from James A. Michener

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man. 7 other views from Georges Bernanos

My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. 20 quotes from William Tecumseh Sherman

My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning. 6 quotes from Huey Newton

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. 6 other views from Babe Ruth

People living deeply have no fear of death. 21 other views from Anais Nin

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power. 9 wisdom & wit from John Steinbeck

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. 31 quotes from Thomas Paine

The thing I fear most is fear. 32 other wisdom & wit from Michel de Montaigne

There is no passion so contagious as that of fear. 32 quotes from Michel de Montaigne

There's no reason for the establishment to fear me. But it has every right to fear the people collectively - I am one with the people. 6 quotes from Huey Newton

To good and true love fear is forever affixed. 13 quotes from Francois Rabelais

Fear God and work hard. 3 other sayings from David Livingstone

Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted. 9 quotes from Andrew Jackson

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death. 12 other quotes from Julius Caesar

I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old. 50 other wisdom & wit from Robert Frost

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. 105 thoughts from Albert Einstein

It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking. 12 other sayings from Julius Caesar

It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion. 105 more quotes from Albert Einstein

No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted. 2 quotes from Olive Schreiner

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead. 105 quotes from Albert Einstein

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you. 5 more thoughts from William Jennings Bryan

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches one to fear and sorrow real poverty. 16 other quotes from David Hume

An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts. 16 sayings from Otto von Bismarck

Crime in full glory consolidates authority by the sacred fear it inspires. 18 sayings from Emile M. Cioran

Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion. 8 wisdom & wit from Thomas Hobbes

I fear God never showed mercy to one so vile as I. 4 thoughts from David Brainerd

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master. 70 views from Thomas Jefferson

In time we hate that which we often fear. 81 quotes from William Shakespeare

Isn't history ultimately the result of our fear of boredom? 18 other sayings from Emile M. Cioran

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. 41 thoughts from Marcus Aurelius

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it. 27 wisdom & wit from Leonardo da Vinci

Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end. 3 other sayings from Madame de Stael

Most fear stems from sin to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit. 4 other wisdom & wit from Marvin Gaye

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me. 70 other quotes from Thomas Jefferson

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love. 38 views from William Hazlitt

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future. 20 other views from Anatole France

The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men. 6 wisdom & wit from Emile Zola

The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth. 18 other sayings from Emile M. Cioran

The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice. 14 quotes from Clarence Darrow

The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear. 42 sayings from Josh Billings

There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world. 70 more quotes from Thomas Jefferson

Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear. 81 other wisdom & wit from William Shakespeare

We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves. 7 other quotes from Abraham Maslow

When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. 70 other quotes from Thomas Jefferson

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear. 7 quotes from Corrie Ten Boom

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man. 9 other wisdom & wit from Jiddu Krishnamurti

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. 46 thoughts from John F. Kennedy

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. 26 quotes from Harry S. Truman

Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it. 45 more quotes from Bertrand Russell

Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd. 45 wisdom & wit from Bertrand Russell

Do not fear mistakes. There are none. 3 quotes from Miles Davis

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. 45 other sayings from Bertrand Russell

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain. 135 sayings from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every move we make in fear of the next war in fact hastens it. 4 quotes from Gregory Bateson

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world. 135 more quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fear is always a good motivator. 22 wisdom & wit from James Dyson

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. 45 more wisdom & wit from Bertrand Russell

Fear is the passion of slaves. 10 quotes from Patrick Henry

Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house. 9 other sayings from John Cheever

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. 43 sayings from Alexander Pope

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread. 43 quotes from Alexander Pope

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. 11 more wisdom & wit from Salvador Dali

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. 135 wisdom & wit from Ralph Waldo Emerson

How very little can be done under the spirit of fear. 4 other sayings from Florence Nightingale

It comes with faith, for with complete faith there is no fear of what faces you in life or death. 3 more sayings from Jacqueline Cochran

It is the privilege of those who fear love to murder those who do not fear it! 3 other quotes from May Sarton

Jealousy is the fear of comparison. 7 more wisdom & wit from Max Frisch

Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. 6 quotes from Francis Quarles

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. 46 quotes from John F. Kennedy

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other. 14 more quotes from Joseph Joubert

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. 24 other wisdom & wit from James A. Baldwin

Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity These are its sign and note and character. 22 other quotes from Robert Browning

Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear. 23 sayings from Niccolo Machiavelli

My greatest fear: repetition. 7 sayings from Max Frisch

Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune. 6 wisdom & wit from Francis Quarles

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear. 45 more quotes from Bertrand Russell

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear. 45 quotes from Bertrand Russell

Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in church. They're afraid God might recognize them and ask for autographs. 13 other quotes from Fred Allen

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear. 9 quotes from Jiddu Krishnamurti

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them. 24 more quotes from Joseph Addison

The results of political changes are hardly ever those which their friends hope or their foes fear. 33 other quotes from Thomas Huxley

Those who own much have much to fear. 35 quotes from Rabindranath Tagore

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. 45 quotes from Bertrand Russell

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead. 45 more wisdom & wit from Bertrand Russell

To pity distress is but human to relieve it is Godlike. 11 other quotes from Horace Mann

An ugly sight, a man who is afraid. 14 more sayings from Jean Anouilh

Fear clogs faith liberates. 59 more views from Elbert Hubbard

Fear is stupid. So are regrets. 53 more quotes from Marilyn Monroe

Fear is the mother of foresight. 14 thoughts from Thomas Hardy

Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority. 59 wisdom & wit from Elbert Hubbard

Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child. 53 views from Marilyn Monroe

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats. 15 wisdom & wit from Pierre Corneille

Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog. 3 quotes from Robert Falcon Scott

It's the most unhappy people who most fear change. 21 sayings from Mignon McLaughlin

People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children. 4 sayings from Mary McCarthy

The secret of life is to have no fear it's the only way to function. 8 sayings from Stokely Carmichael

The thing we fear we bring to pass. 59 more quotes from Elbert Hubbard

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear. 4 sayings from Ben Jonson

We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck, and, ask anyone, the house is never burgled, and the ship never goes down. 14 other quotes from Jean Anouilh

'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights. 13 more quotes from Dag Hammarskjold

Action cures fear, inaction creates terror. 16 sayings from Douglas Horton

As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula. 27 views from Dave Barry

Disease is an experience of a so-called mortal mind. It is fear made manifest on the body. 8 sayings from Mary Baker Eddy

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire. 15 views from Jean de La Fontaine

Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them. 15 other quotes from Jean de La Fontaine

Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth. 35 sayings from Ernest Hemingway

If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery. 3 more quotes from John Paul Jones

Less base the fear of death than fear of life. 14 more quotes from Edward Young

My 'fear' is my substance, and probably the best part of me. 12 other quotes from Franz Kafka

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live. 3 views from Dorothy Thompson

The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything. 31 sayings from Eric Hoffer

The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness. 6 sayings from Elias Canetti

The strongest passion is fear. 15 quotes from Jean de La Fontaine

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all. 15 sayings from Jean de La Fontaine

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest. 117 other sayings from Henry David Thoreau

Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life. 2 more quotes from Charles Frohman

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. 115 other sayings from George Bernard Shaw

You must not fear death, my lads defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks. 50 thoughts from Napoleon Bonaparte

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great. 17 quotes from John Dryden

Death in itself is nothing but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where. 17 other sayings from John Dryden

Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from. 4 sayings from Peter McWilliams

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past. 19 other views from Percy Bysshe Shelley

He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear. 17 quotes from John Dryden

I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me. 6 other sayings from H. P. Lovecraft

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it. 24 sayings from Lyndon B. Johnson

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest. 50 more thoughts from Napoleon Bonaparte

My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me. 2 quotes from John Hawkes

No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life. 16 thoughts from Samuel Goldwyn

Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes. 3 quotes from Maggie Kuhn

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. 50 other thoughts from Napoleon Bonaparte

The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me. 24 other quotes from Lyndon B. Johnson

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored. 26 other quotes from Jean de la Bruyere

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest. 50 more quotes from Napoleon Bonaparte

There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do. 10 more quotes from Luc de Clapiers

To overcome a fear, here's all you have to do: realize the fear is there, and do the action you fear anyway. 4 other wisdom & wit from Peter McWilliams

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all. 26 quotes from Jean de la Bruyere

We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed. 26 other quotes from Jean de la Bruyere

A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not. 4 more views from Roald Dahl

As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers. 15 quotes from Cyril Connolly

Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears. 4 wisdom & wit from Arthur Koestler

Fear has many eyes and can see things underground. 21 other quotes from Miguel de Cervantes

Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts. 9 quotes from Elizabeth I

Greed, like the love of comfort, is a kind of fear. 15 quotes from Cyril Connolly

Hate is the consequence of fear we fear something before we hate it a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise. 15 quotes from Cyril Connolly

I will show you fear in a handful of dust. 23 more quotes from T. S. Eliot

In masks outrageous and austere, The years go by in single file But none has merited my fear, And none has quite escaped my smile. 2 quotes from Elinor Wylie

Only the contemptible fear contempt. 90 more sayings from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. 60 more sayings from H. L. Mencken

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences. 90 wisdom & wit from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married. 15 more quotes from Cyril Connolly

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say. 15 other thoughts from Cyril Connolly

To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope. 21 views from Miguel de Cervantes

Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. 2 more quotes from David Ben-Gurion

Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another. 4 views from Aleister Crowley

Fear has its use but cowardice has none. 100 other sayings from Mahatma Gandhi

Fear is the foundation of most governments. 18 more quotes from John Adams

Fear is the mother of morality. 103 wisdom & wit from Friedrich Nietzsche

Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith. 100 thoughts from Mahatma Gandhi

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age. 33 other sayings from Dwight D. Eisenhower

He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave. 7 more quotes from Matthew Henry

If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear. 2 other quotes from Ivo Andric

In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in failure. 24 wisdom & wit from Samuel Taylor Coleridge

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst. 15 other views from Desiderius Erasmus

Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God. 100 quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all. 30 sayings from Eleanor Roosevelt

Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures. 8 quotes from W. Edwards Deming