Almost all the ideas we have about being a man or being a woman are so burdened with pain, anxiety, fear and self-doubt. For many of us, the confusion around this question is excruciating. Andrew Cohen on fear
Basically, there are two paths you can walk: faith or fear. It's impossible to simultaneously trust God and not trust God. Charles Stanley on fear
Do not fear mistakes. There are none. Miles Davis on fear
Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt. George Sewell on fear
A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war. Henry Van Dyke on fear
Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other. Joseph Joubert on fear
While there's life, there's fear. Mason Cooley on fear
To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end. Ramakrishna on fear
It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm. Sophocles on fear
But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep? James Thurber on fear
The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear - and they should be afraid, because freedom is on the march. George W. Bush on fear
When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment. Warren Farrell on fear
Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame. Tertullian on fear
There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility. Abu Bakr on fear
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom. William Tecumseh Sherman on fear
Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. Thomas John Watson, Sr. on fear
Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death. Erik H. Erikson on fear
Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love them. Dorothy Day on fear
Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear. Zora Neale Hurston on fear
If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home. James A. Michener on fear