Fear Quotes by William Shakespeare · Page 2

Be not afraid of greatness.

— William Shakespeare

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

— William Shakespeare

“The Fears as bad as the Falling…”

— William Shakespeare

Thou ominous and fearful owl of death.

— William Shakespeare

To fear the worst oft cures the worst.

— William Shakespeare

Let not the world see fear and sad distrust govern the motion of a kingly eye.

— William Shakespeare

But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in To saucy doubts and fears.

— William Shakespeare

O God of battles! steel my soldiers’ hearts. Possess them not with fear.

— William Shakespeare

“When our actions do not, our fears do make us traitors”

— William Shakespeare

Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life at a pin's fee.

— William Shakespeare

I durst not laugh for fear of opening my lips and receiving the bad air.

— William Shakespeare

Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

— William Shakespeare

Tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil.

— William Shakespeare

There is none but he Whose being I do fear; and under him My genius is rebuked, as it is said Mark…

— William Shakespeare

But let the frame of things disjoint, both the worlds suffer, Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep In…

— William Shakespeare

Where love is great, the littlest doubts are fear; Where little fears grow great, great love grows there.

— William Shakespeare

In the modesty of fearful duty, I read as much as from the rattling tongue of saucy and audacious eloquence.

— William Shakespeare

“O God of battles, steel my soldier's hearts. Possess them not with fear. Take from them now The sense of reckoning ere…

— William Shakespeare

Blind fear, that seeing reason leads, finds safer footing than blind reason stumbling without fear: to fear the worst oft cures the…

— William Shakespeare

When you fear a foe, fear crushes your strength; and this weakness gives strength to your opponents.

— William Shakespeare

But what's so blessed-fair that fears no blot? Thou mayst be false, and yet I know it not.

— William Shakespeare

What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of fate: thou shalt not…

— William Shakespeare

To fear the foe, since fear oppresseth strength, Gives, in your weakness, strength unto your foe, And so your follies fight against…

— William Shakespeare

Tell them, that, to ease them of their griefs, Their fear of hostile strokes, their aches, losses, Their pangs of love, with…

— William Shakespeare

But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will And makes…

— William Shakespeare

Fear no more the heat o' th' sun Nor the furious winters' rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone,…

— William Shakespeare

I have almost forgotten the taste of fears: The time has been, my senses would have cool’d to hear a night-shriek; and…

— William Shakespeare

The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice…

— William Shakespeare

Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness.

— William Shakespeare

It is a basilisk unto mine eye, Kills me to look on't.

— William Shakespeare

Nothing routs us but the villainy of our fears.

— William Shakespeare

Why, courage then! what cannot be avoided 'Twere childish weakness to lament or fear.

— William Shakespeare

“Screw your courage to the sticking place and we will not fail.”

— William Shakespeare

In the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear!

— William Shakespeare

As I love the name of honour more than I fear death.

— William Shakespeare

To be furious, is to be frighted out of fear.

— William Shakespeare

Now he'll outstare the lightning. To be furious Is to be frightened out of fear.

— William Shakespeare

O all you host of heaven! O earth! What else? And shall I couple Hell?

— William Shakespeare

When our actions do not, our fears make us traitors.

— William Shakespeare

He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace and fear: And you all know, security Is mortals'…

— William Shakespeare