Quotes about Fear
I live in an apocalyptic dream. My steps fit into it so precisely that I fear most of all I will grow bored reliving the thing so exactly.
— Frank Herbert
The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.
— William James
Indecision, doubt and fear. The members of this unholy trio are closely related; where one is found, the other two are close at hand.
— Napoleon Hill
It is what we fear that happens to us.
— Oscar Wilde
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it. Cowardice represses fear and is thereby mastered by it.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The fear of criticism is at the bottom of the destruction of most ideas which never reach the planning and action stage.
— Napoleon Hill
Omnipotence is bought with ceaseless fear.
— Pierre Corneille
The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
— Livy
Poverty with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and uncertainty.
— Aesop
Modesty is hardly to be described as a virtue. It is a feeling rather than a disposition. It is a kind of fear of falling into disrepute.
— Aristotle
To fear to face an issue is to believe that the worst is true.
— Ayn Rand
The combination of fear and ignorance (two sides of the same coin) can be paralyzing.
— Seth Godin