Quotes about Fear
Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love.
— Aristotle
Wicked men obey for fear, but the good for love.
— Aristotle
Tragedy, then, is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude; in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in separate parts of the play in the form of action, not of narrative; through pity and fear effecting the proper purgation of these emotions.
— Aristotle
A tragedy, then, is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself; in language with pleasurable accessories, each kind brought in separately in the parts of the work; in a dramatic, not in a narrative form; with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish its catharsis of such emotions.
— Aristotle
I just think there is a part of your brain that is supposed to be afraid of getting old, even if you're not really.
— Maura Tierney
My problem on 'Safe' was that when I liked something, I would giggle.
— Todd Haynes
I was still afraid to sing in front of people before 'Glee.'
— Chord Overstreet
In winter when the snow and ice were fierce, we shook beneath our different roofs alone, and that's what Hell is like, I think. It's cold and shame and shaking. And worst of all, it's loneliness.
— Frederick Buechner
Yes, take your times seriously. Yes, know that you are judged by the terrible sins of your times. Yes, you do well to faint with fear and foreboding at what is coming on the world. And yet rejoice. Rejoice. The Lord is at hand. Have no anxiety. Pray.
— Frederick Buechner
I say , this picture sometimes appalled us, and made us rather bear those ills we had. Than fly to others, that we knew not of.
— Frederick Douglass
The wicked fear the good, because the good are a constant reproach to their consciences. The ungodly like religion in the same way that they like lions, either dead or behind bars; they fear religion when it breaks loose and begins to challenge their consciences.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
He has mercy on those who fear Him, from generation to generation." Fear is here understood as filial, that is, a shrinking from hurting one who is loved. Such is the fear a son has for a devoted father and the fear a Christian has of Christ. Fear is here related to love.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen