Fear Quotes
Courage is knowing what not to fear.Plato
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.John Steinbeck
He who fears he will suffer, already suffers because of his fear.Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
If nations could overcome the mutual fear and distrust whose somber shadow is now thrown over the world, and could meet with confidence and good will to settle their possible differences, they would easily be able to establish a lasting peace.Fridjof Nansen
Petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of reality.Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life.Bertolt Brecht, The Mother, 1932
Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.Francis Quarles
May your service of love a beautiful thing want nothing else, fear nothing else and let love be free to become what love truly is.Hadewijch of Antwerp
Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.John Henry Cardinal Newman
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others.Robert Louis Stevenson
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.Helen Kelle
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.James Thurbe
Whatever it is, I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts.Virgil, Aeneid
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - Not absence of fear.Mark Twain
Certainly work is not always required of a man. There is such a thing as a sacred idleness - The cultivation of which is now fearfully neglected.G. Macdonald
The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century.William Lyon Phelps
He who fears something gives it power over him.Moorish Prove
Fear is sharp - Sighted, and can see things under ground, and much more in the skies.Miguel de Cervantes
I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people.Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.Percy Bysshe Shelley
Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The only thing to fear is fear itself.Franklin D. Roosevelt
The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man alike, timid and fearful in the face of bold projects and new ideas. Rather, it will belong to those who can blend passion, reason and courage in a personal commitment to the ideals of American society.Robert Francis Kennedy
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.Buddha