I had a constant fear, a constant little doubt in my mind: 'OK, I'm getting ready to do my standing back full on beam and I might re-tear my ACL.' Shawn Johnson
Mine are the deep-seated fears established when we are children, and they never quite go away: the fear of being helpless, the fear of being trapped, the fear of being out of control. Virginia C. Andrews
Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. I may joke about knowing fear, but the fact is, the first time I ever knew real fear was the day Charlotte, my first child, was born. Suddenly there is someone in the world you care about more than anything. Harlan Coben
I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been self inflicted. Harlan Coben
At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it. Gordon Parks
Jews survived all the defeats, expulsions, persecutions and pogroms, the centuries in which they were regarded as a pariah people, even the Holocaust itself, because they never gave up the faith that one day they would be free to live as Jews without fear. Jonathan Sacks
In an ecology of love, people can relate in trust and face the future without fear. They do not need to play it safe. They can take uncertainty in their stride. Jonathan Sacks
It may be you fear more to deliver judgment upon me than I fear judgment. Giordano Bruno
God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear. Ruby Dee
Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death. Floyd Patterson
A lot of people fear death because they think that so overwhelming an experience has to be painful, but I've seen quite a few deaths, and, with one exception, I've never known anyone to undergo anything like agony. That's amazing when you think about it. I mean, how complicated the mechanism is that's being taken apart. Lewis Thomas
A man's primary fantasy is access to a variety of attractive women without the fear of rejection. Warren Farrell
I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true. Arsenio Hall
The greatest fear that haunts this city is a suitcase bomb, nuclear or germ. Many people carry small gas masks. The masses here seem to be resigned to the inevitable, believing an attack of major proportions will happen. David Wilkerson
The Feminist Me says that a woman's right to her own body should be inviolate at all times, free from fear of peeping paps. Julie Burchill
Well, I am now convinced there is no kind of fear or anxiety anyone has to live with. Ricky Williams
Roosevelt talked not only about Freedom from Fear, but also Freedom from Want. Jeffrey Sachs
I fear God never showed mercy to one so vile as I. David Brainerd
Most of us harbour a significant amount of subconscious fear about death, and act out of this fear in our daily lives. Christy Turlington