quotations about fear
Life is made of fear. Some people eat fear soup three times a day. Some people eat fear soup all the meals there are. I eat it sometimes. When they bring me fear soup to eat, I try not to eat it, I try to send it back. But sometimes I'm too afraid to and have to eat it anyway.
MARTIN AMIS
Other People
Just as courage is the danger of life, so is fear its safeguard.
LEONARDO DA VINCI
Thoughts on Art and Life
Those with false fears deserve real ones.
SENECA
Oedipus
The valiant standeth as a rock, and the billows break upon him;
The timorous is a skiff unmoored, tossed and mocked at by a ripple:
The valiant holdeth fast to good, till evil wrench it from him;
The timorous casteth it aside to meet the worst halfway.
MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER
Proverbial Philosophy
The most dangerous kind of person ... is one who is afraid of his own shadow.
PHILIP K. DICK
A Scanner Darkly
Men are eager to tread underfoot what they have once too much feared.
LUCRETIUS
De Rerum Natura
Is it that they fear the pain of death, or could it be they fear the joy of life?
TOAD THE WET SPROCKET
Pray Your Gods
He who fears dangers will not perish by them.
LEONARDO DA VINCI
Thoughts on Art and Life
Fear begins and ends with the desire to be secure; inward and outward security, with the desire to be certain, to have permanency. The continuity of permanence is sought in every direction, in virtue, in relationship, in action, in experience, in knowledge, in outward and inward things. To find security and be secure is the everlasting cry. It is this insistent demand that breeds fear.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI
On Fear
To a predator, fear indicates weakness.
DEAN KOONTZ
Fear Nothing
A man who will not get scared on some occasions, lacks good sense.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE
Country Town Sayings
The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.
EDMUND BURKE
speech on conciliation with America
For every fear, there is a politician, media personality, or website there to assure you that your fear is warranted and even righteous.
STEPHEN KENT
"All we have to fear is fear itself. Just ask Yoda", Washington Examiner, May 19, 2019
Fear not, but trust in Providence
Wherever thou may'st be.
THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY
The Pilot
Fear. It was happening all over again. That sickly helpless feeling that spread with its icy fingers, slowly eating up all faith and hope.
GENNITA LOW
Facing Fear
I understand that fear is my friend, but not always. Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON
Kingdom of Fear
Fire and fear, good servants, bad lords.
URSULA K. LE GUIN
The Left Hand of Darkness
Fear is the touch of death, death reminding us of its existence.
IVAN KLIMA
Waiting for the Dark
If you turned the fabric of our lives over, I imagined the design on the backside would be woven in the bleak grays of doubt and fear.
STEPHENIE MEYER
Breaking Dawn
An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.
JEAN ANOUILH
Antigone