--- title: "8 Years Fear Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Years Fear quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Years Fear sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d7/alison-sudol-6913_courageous_as-a-person-life-has-always-been-a-bit-o_21077.jpg" --- > [As a person life has always been a bit of a challenge for me and I have spent so much of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-sudol/as-a-person-life-has-always-been-a-bit-of-a-challenge-for-me-and-i/) [Alison Sudol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-sudol/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d7/alison-sudol-6913_courageous_as-a-person-life-has-always-been-a-bit-o_21077.jpg) > [I was as afraid as the next man in my time and maybe more so. But with the years, fear had come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/i-was-as-afraid-as-the-next-man-in-my-time-and-maybe-more-so-but-with/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f06/ernest-hemingway-83_approach_i-was-as-afraid-as-the-next-man-in-my-ti_298183.jpg) > [“Two years ago," she says, "I was afraid of spiders, suffocation, walls that inch slowly inward and trap you between them,getting thrown…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/two-years-ago-she-says-i-was-afraid-of-spiders-suffocation-walls-that/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad0/veronica-roth-66_afraid_two-years-ago-she-says-i-was-afraid-of-s_530442.jpg) > [“We cannot shake off three hundred years of fear in three hours.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wright/we-cannot-shake-off-three-hundred-years-of-fear-in-three-hours/) [Richard Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/057/richard-wright-4088_ancestors_we-cannot-shake-off-three-hundred-years_1502976.jpg) > [“One word, two lips, three four five fingers form a fist. One corner, two parents, three four five reasons to hide. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahereh-mafi/one-word-two-lips-three-four-five-fingers-form-a-fist-one-corner-two/) [Tahereh Mafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahereh-mafi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/tahereh-mafi-229_fear_one-word-two-lips-three-four-five-finger_2088429.jpg) > [“Never forget the blood sweat and tears The uphill struggle over years the fear and, trash talking and the people it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linkin-park/never-forget-the-blood-sweat-and-tears-the-uphill-struggle-over-years/) [Linkin Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linkin-park/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/linkin-park-2611_blood-sweat-and-tear_never-forget-the-blood-sweat-and-tears-t_2123749.jpg) > [“wealthier than living a thousand years of fear, living one day with courage.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nasr/wealthier-than-living-a-thousand-years-of-fear-living-one-day-with/) [Nasr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nasr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2c/nasr-111661_courage_wealthier-than-living-a-thousand-years-o_2564557.jpg) > [I'm working, but there is so much still to be done! And it frightens me to think of my weight of years.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-puccini/i-m-working-but-there-is-so-much-still-to-be-done-and-it-frightens-me/) [Giacomo Puccini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giacomo-puccini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/938/giacomo-puccini-38397_done_i-m-working-but-there-is-so-much-still-t_2825765.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/years-fear/#itemlist", "name": "Years Fear Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As a person life has always been a bit of a challenge for me and I have spent so much of my early years in fear and I think that making music makes me want to be more courageous.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alison Sudol" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-sudol/as-a-person-life-has-always-been-a-bit-of-a-challenge-for-me-and-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d7/alison-sudol-6913_courageous_as-a-person-life-has-always-been-a-bit-o_21077.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d7/alison-sudol-6913_courageous_as-a-person-life-has-always-been-a-bit-o_21077.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d7/alison-sudol-6913_courageous_as-a-person-life-has-always-been-a-bit-o_21077.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As a person life has always been a bit of a challenge for me and I have spent so much of my early years in…” — Alison Sudol", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was as afraid as the next man in my time and maybe more so. 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