Best 6239 quotes in «fear quotes» category

As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.

As an atheist you have to rationalize things... Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can't, you have no choice but to be good and scared -- but that's okay!

As a result of a general defect of nature, we are either more confident or more fearful of unusual and unknown things.

As a writer I have always fought for the right to write. For writing is a time-honored means of communication. Lack of communication, the refusal of some to understand, or outright refusal to learn about other human beings is based on fear. Fear is what keeps people apart.

A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.

As Christians try to force prayer into public schools, they often settle for a 'moment of silence.' But that supposedly innocuous 'moment of silence' is a deafening roar to a nonbeliever.

As each layer of shadow is mined from the darkness, as each fear is faced and each projection reclaimed, the gold shines through.

As for me, I see no such great cause why I should either be fond to live or fear to die. I have had good experience of this world, and I know what it is to be a subject and what to be a sovereign. Good neighbours I have had, and I have met with bad: and in trust I have found treason.

As for the ridiculous fear of making things below one's potential abilities... No, there is the root of the evil. There is the hiding place of stupidity I must attack: vain mortal, you are limited by nothing.

As many people die from an excess of timidity as from bravery.

As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.

A sound of cornered-animal fear and hate and surrender and defiance . . . like the last sound the treed and shot and falling animal makes as the dogs get him, when he finally doesn't care about anything but himself and his dying.

As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers.

A Stalin functionary admitted, Innocent people were arrested: naturally - otherwise no one would be frightened. If people were arrested only for specific misdemeanours, all the others would feel safe and so become ripe for treason.

A State infinitely worse than that which the most inflamed Zealot, the most violent Republican or Enthusiast even pretended to dread before the Rebellion commenced.

As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.

A thousand fearful images and dire suggestions glance along the mind when it is moody and discontented with itself. Command them to stand and show themselves, and you presently assert the power of reason over imagination.

As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best.

At every crossroad on the way that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to guard the past.

As we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls.

A teacher of fear can't bring peace on earth. We have been trying to do it that way for thousands of years. The person who turns inner violence around, the person who finds peace inside and lives it, is the one who teaches what true peace is. We are waiting for just one teacher. You're the one.

A thousand men enslaved fear one beast free.

A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself . . . with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish its catharsis of such emotions.

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

At the door of life by the gate of breath, There are worse things waiting for men than death.

Be a terror to the butchers, that they may be fair in their weight; and keep hucksters and fraudulent dealers in awe, for the same reason.

A warrior never worries about his fear.

Be afraid of nothing. Hating none, giving love to all, feeling the love of God, seeing His presence in everyone, and having but one desire - for His constant presence in the temple of your consciousness - that is the way to live in this world.

Awe and respect are two different things.

Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

Be afraid of nothing. You have within you all wisdom, all power, all strength, all understanding.

Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.

Because people are afraid of fear, they give up acre after acre of their own life.

Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.

Because the European does not know his own unconscious, he does not understand the East and projects it into everything he fears and despises in himself.

Being scared is part of being alive. Accept it. Walk through it.

Be larger than your task.

Be just, and fear not.

Belief compelled through fear is not belief, it is blind and forced obedience.

Better mendacities Than the classics in paraphrase! Some quick to arm, some for adventure, some from fear of weakness, some from fear of censure, some for love of slaughter, in imagination, learning later . . . some in fear, learning love of slaughter; Died some, pro patria, non "dulce" non "et decor" . walked eye-deep in hell believing in old men's lies, the unbelieving came home, home to a lie.

Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.

"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before," Bokonon tells us. "He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.

Beneath every excuse lies a fear. Practice being fearless.

Better to be a laughing-stock than lose the fort for fear of being one.

Between what human beings so naively and stupidly fear and what they most profoundly ought to fear-i.e. what they so pathogenically and addictively do to their own selves-there is a horrendous gulf and disparity.

Beware of the fury of the patient man.

Be wary then; best safety lies in fear.

Beyond drama and chaos, beyond anxiety and fear, lies a zone of endless peace and love. Let's all take a very deep breath, slow down for just a moment and remember this. That alone will open the door.