Quotes about Fear

when the darkness is close to us it is a friend. But when we sorter push it away from us—divorce ourselves from it, so to speak, with lantern light—it becomes an enemy.

Seems to me you must always have been afraid to be young. It takes courage, I can tell you that

From Russia I didn't bring out a single happy memory, only sad, tragic ones. The nightmare of pogroms, the brutality of Cossacks charging young Socialists, fear, shrieks of terror.

I hope the dogs don't bark tonight. I always think it's mine

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. Keep your thoughts free from hate, and you need have no fear from those who hate you.

Sometimes we smile at a child who's afraid of the dark. I think more ridiculous is a man or woman afraid of the light.

There is a passion and drive for cruel deeds which only the awe and fear of God can soothe; there is a suffocating selfishness in man which only holiness can ventilate.

One may observe all the laws and still be practicing a disguised polytheism. For if in performing a religious act one's intention is to please a human being whom he fears or from whom he hopes to receive benefit, then it is not God whom he worships but a human being.

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.

If I am killed I can die but once. But to live in constant dread is to die over and over again.

No arguments will give courage to the coward.