Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time. Lou Brock on fear
No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted. Olive Schreiner on fear
We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays. Aulus Persius Flaccus on fear
I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength. Etty Hillesum on fear
If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin. Katharine Butler Hathaway on fear
I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear... that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived. Harold Kushner on fear
When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger. Hale White on fear
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. Bill Cosby on fear
We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot. Eleanor Roosevelt on fear
When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. Thomas Jefferson on fear
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' Eleanor Roosevelt on fear
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Nelson Mandela on fear
Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. Henry Van Dyke on fear
Expose yourself to your deepest fear after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free. Jim Morrison on fear
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed. Buddha on fear
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. Albert Einstein on fear
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. Bruce Lee on fear
People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend. Jim Morrison on fear
We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. Martin Luther King, Jr. on fear
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead. Albert Einstein on fear