Quotes about Fear

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

but whenever it feels uncomfortable to tell the truth, that's often the most important time to tell it.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us . . . [But] as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people the permission to do the same.

No coward soul is mine, No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere: I see heaven's glories shine, And faith shines equal, arming me from fear

When I asked her what was the matter? answered, she didn't know; but she felt so afraid of dying!

Not anxious to come in contact with their fangs, I sat still; but, imagining they would scarcely understand tacit insults, I unfortunately indulged in winking and making faces at the trio, and some turn of my physiognomy so irritated madam, that she suddenly broke into a fury and leapt on my knees. 

Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them.

For it is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death.

It is much better to die of hunger unhindered by grief and fear than to live affluently beset with worry, dread, suspicion and unchecked desire.

No, I cannot escape death, but at least I can escape the fear of it — or do I have to die moaning and groaning too?

The trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Beware of the man who wants to protect you; he will protect you from everything but himself