Quotes about Fear

The Law dispels all self-illusions. It puts the fear of God in a man. Without this fear there can be no thirst for God's mercy. God accordingly uses the Law for a hammer to break up the illusion of self- righteousness, that we should despair of our own strength and efforts at self-justification.

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear.

Disease is an experience of a so-called mortal mind. It is fear made manifest on the body.

Some days Ursula could barely bring herself to talk for the weight of all her fears, but she could always sing.

One of the things which danger does to you after a time is -, well, to kill emotion. I don't think I shall ever feel anything again except fear. None of us can hate anymore - or love.

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

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

If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss greater.

The fear of making permanent commitments can change the mutual love of husband and wife into two loves of self-two loves existing side by side, until they end in separation.

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.