Best 6239 quotes in «fear quotes» category

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

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

Be just, and fear not.

Be larger than your task.

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

Beneath every excuse lies a fear. Practice being fearless.

Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.

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.

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

"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.

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; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

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.

Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.

Boredom and fear keep us working and obeying the laws.

Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.

Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Bravery does not mean being fearless. It means to be full of fear but still not being dominated by it.

But, commonly, men are as much afraid of love as of hate.

But I was in awe of the painters; I mean I was new in New York, and I thought the painting that was going on here was just unbelievable

But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am.

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

Cast your whole vote, not a piece of paper merely, but your whole influence. A minority is powerless when it conforms to a majority; but is irresistable when it clogs by its whole weight. If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate which to choose.

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?

By running from what we fear, we feed the inner darkness

Censorship is the commonest social blasphemy because it is mostly concealed, built into us by indolence, self-interest and cowardice.

But let the frame of things disjoint, both the worlds suffer, Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep In the affliction of these terrible dreams That shake us nightly.

But what are pity, conscience, or fear To the brazen pair, compared With the living sorcery Of their hot embraces?

By the Declaration of Independence, dreaded by the foes an for a time doubtfully viewed by many of the friends of America, everything stood on a new and more respectable footing, both with regard to the operations of war or negotiations with foreign powers.

[Censors are] people with secret attractions to various temptations... They are defending themselves under the pretext of defending others, because at heart they fear their own weaknesses.

Children today laugh at fathers who tell them about dragons. It is necessary to make fear a required subject; otherwise children will never learn it.

Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains.

Civilization has little to fear from educated people and brain-workers. In them the replacement of religious motives for civilized behaviors by other, secular motives, would proceed unobtrusively. . . .

Christ rode on an ass, but now asses ride on Christ.

Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.

Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale.

Complaining advertizes your fears.

Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person.

Compassion suits our physical condition, whereas anger, fear and distrust are harmful to our well-being. Therefore, just as we learn the importance of physical hygiene to physical health, to ensure healthy minds, we need to learn some kind of emotional hygiene.

Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear.

Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear.

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

Courage is not the absence of fear — it s inspiring others to move beyond it.

Courage isn't the absence of fear; it's the dealing with it.

Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.