Fear Quotes

Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise.

Cyril Connolly


I have a fear of being boring.
Christian Bale


Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.
Umberto Eco


Slowness to change usually means fear of the new.
Phil Crosby


Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.
Arthur Koestler


You know, sometimes I feel well and vital in the world, and sometimes I just feel so distressed I want to pull my hair out by the roots.
Sharon Stone

Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
Francis Quarles

An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.
Jean Anouilh

Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.
Fernando Flores


If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin.
Katharine Butler Hathaway

To fight fear, act. To increase fear - wait, put off postpone.
David Joseph Schwartz


And the things that we fear are a weapon to be held against us.
Ian Rush


I'm not at the point where I'd feel safe in a house alone. I would be really scared. I'm the kind of person that when I get up to go use the bathroom I have this big long hallway, and I just know someone's going to jump out and get me.
Britney Spears


Don't be afraid to give up the good for the great.
Kenny Rogers


True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.
Paul Sweeney


It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.
Georges Bernanos

We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays.
Aulus Persius Flaccus

One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're a star you're dead already. You're embalmed.
Dustin Hoffman

I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength.
Etty Hillesum


By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.
Samuel Daniel


Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.
Lou Brock

The mark of fear is not easily removed.
Ernest Gaines


What we have most to fear is failure of the heart.
Sonia Johnson


Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.
John Cheever


Courage is a peculiar kind of fear.
Charles Kennedy