Category: Quotes About Fear

I'm not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed. -Heston Blumenthal

At the time, 1980, people regarded actresses involved with production with a certain amount of fear, resentment and anger. -Jacqueline Bisset

It may be you fear more to deliver judgment upon me than I fear judgment. -Giordano Bruno

We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger. -Tad Williams

Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress. -Bruce Barton

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it those who have, fear it. -Horace

There's an honesty in our family - my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them. -Billie Joe Armstrong

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say. -Cyril Connolly

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. -Bertrand Russell

The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others. -Jane Smiley

I had to confront my fears and master my every demonic thought about inferiority, insecurity, or the fear of being black, young, and gifted in this Western culture. -Lauryn Hill

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. -George Eliot

Scalded cats fear even cold water. -Thomas Fuller

If you have an issue with homosexuality, then it comes to your own fear and your own darkness. -Tori Amos

Fear makes us feel our humanity. -Benjamin Disraeli

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. -Aristotle

The fear factor actually brings the genuineness. -Ang Lee

It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear. -Freeman Dyson

Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd. -Bertrand Russell

I think interviews can be fine. It's just there's this terrible fear of coming off wrongly or saying something that gets taken out of context. -Nicholas Hoult

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past. -Percy Bysshe Shelley