Quotes about Fear
I've not learned the acceptable way of saying you fascinate me...I've not even learned how to say I like you without frightening people away-
— Nikki Giovanni
Drowning people sometimes die fighting their rescuers.
— Octavia Butler
He saw it. Not in front, or behind him, just somewhere out in the darkness. It was huge and powerful. The whiteness of its fur gleamed in the light of the snow. 'Wolf, in the name of the Polish border I beg you to spare my life,' he said into the darkness. The wolf stopped behind him, wondering.
— Olga Tokarczuk
The inn looks quite luxurious, but their host explains that as the plague has racked up victims, people have grown more and more afraid to leave their homes, terrified to purchase things from those who have been stricken.
— Olga Tokarczuk
It's just like what they say about lightening; It's safest to stand where it has already struck.
— Olga Tokarczuk
The man who is always worrying whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.
— Oprah Winfrey
The remarkable thing about fearing God is that when you fear God you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God you fear everything else.
— Oswald Chambers
Why are we so terrified for God to speak to us? It is because we know that when God speaks we must either do what He asks or tell Him we will not obey.
— Oswald Chambers
Huge waves that would frighten an ordinary swimmer produce a tremendous thrill for the surfer who has ridden them.
— Oswald Chambers
confidence in Him. It is because of our trusting in experience that we see the steadfast impatience of the Holy Spirit against unbelief. All of our fears are sinful, and we create our own fears by refusing to nourish ourselves in our faith. How can anyone who is identified with Jesus Christ suffer from doubt or fear! Our lives should be an absolute hymn of praise resulting from perfect, irrepressible
— Oswald Chambers
The faith of many people begins to falter when apprehensions enter their thinking, and they forget the meaning of God's assurance—they forget to take a deep spiritual breath. The only way to remove the fear from our lives is to listen to God's assurance to us.
— Oswald Chambers