Quotes about Fear
Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fear is the most damnable damaging thing to human personality in the whole world.
— William Faulkner
Fear is the greatest predator you encounter on your journey to greatness.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The man without emotions is the one to fear.
— Frank Herbert
We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends, and living our lives.
— Maya Angelou
If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
— Seneca
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
— Mark Twain
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
— Elbert Hubbard
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
— Anais Nin
Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
— Winston Churchill
Death and pain are not frightening, it's the fear of pain and death we need to fear. Which is why we praise the poet who wrote, 'Death is not fearful, but dying like a coward is.'
— Marcus Aurelius
Now think of the things which goad man into destroying man: they are hope, envy, hatred, fear and contempt.
— Marcus Aurelius