Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause. Plutarch on fear
We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves. Abraham Maslow on fear
The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another. Noam Chomsky on fear
As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best. Alice Walker on fear
We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries. Harry S. Truman on fear
Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have. Louis E. Boone on fear
My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning. Huey Newton on fear
I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it. Steve Irwin on fear
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other. Francis Bacon on fear
If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement. Jimmy Carter on fear
While we are focusing on fear, worry, or hate, it is not possible for us to be experiencing happiness, enthusiasm or love. Bo Bennett on fear
Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. William Congreve on fear
The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men. Emile Zola on fear
I'm intimidated by the fear of being average. Taylor Swift on fear
Exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it's not change, it's partisanship. We don't need partisanship. We don't need demagoguery, we need solutions. Paul Ryan on fear
Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure. Samuel Butler on fear
The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them. George W. Bush on fear
The hope and change the Democrats had in mind was nothing more than a retread of the failed and discredited socialist policies that have been the enemy of freedom for centuries all over the world. I fear America is teetering towards tyranny. Jim DeMint on fear
If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying. Indira Gandhi on fear
The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance. Karl A. Menninger on fear