Fear Quotes

I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to deny who we are.

Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully.

One need not be a chamber to be haunted;
One need not be a house;
The brain has corridors surpassing
Material place.

There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.

At first cock-crow the ghosts must go
Back to their quiet graves below.

Feel the fear and do it anyway.

In life we don’t get what we want, we get in life what we are. If we want more we have to be able to be more, in order to be more you have to face rejection.

When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.

When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction.

Almost everything: all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure. These things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.

"Fearless" is living in spite of those things that scare you to death.

If you forgo your plan, you also have to forgo fear.

Fear sometimes stops you from doing stupid things. But it can also stop you from doing creative or exciting or experimental things. It can cloud your judgment of others, and lead to all kinds of evil. The control and understanding of our personal fears is one of the most important undertakings in our life.

When you have the courage to tell the truth about what you're really afraid of, fear doesn't have control over your life.

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.

Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.

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