1,008 Quotes Regarding Fear


He that hopes no good fears no ill.
Thomas Fuller

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.
Anatole France

To him who is in fear everything rustles.
Sophocles

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
Andre Gide

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.
Charles Caleb Colton

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.
Aeschylus

We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.
Eric Hoffer

I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
Virgil

The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.
Josh Billings

The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything.
Eric Hoffer

Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.
Ovid

Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.
Ovid

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.
Lyndon B. Johnson

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

To pity distress is but human to relieve it is Godlike.
Horace Mann

My 'fear' is my substance, and probably the best part of me.
Franz Kafka

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day.
Brendan Francis

Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in church. They're afraid God might recognize them and ask for autographs.
Fred Allen

He whom many fear, has himself many to fear.
Publilius Syrus