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Fear Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton
- Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
- People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
- For fear of the newspapers politicians are dull, and at last they are too dull even for the newspapers.
- If the barricades went up in our streets and the poor became masters, I think the priests would escape, I fear the gentlemen would; but…
- The timidity of the child or the savage is entirely reasonable; they are alarmed at this world, because this world is a very alarming place.…
- Forms of expression always appear turgid to those who do not share the emotions they represent.
- Exactly what the fairy tale does is this: it accustoms [the child] to the idea that these limitless terrors had a limit, that these shapeless…
- Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we…
- It never occurred to him to be spiritually won over to the enemy. Many moderns, inured to a weak worship of intellect and force, might…
- We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man's terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the…
- No man should leave in the universe anything of which he is afraid.
- Who would condescend to strike down the mere things that he does not fear? Who would debase himself to be merely brave, like any common…
More Fear Quotes
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. — Aristotle
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence. — Aristotle
- Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- Listen to what you know instead of what you fear. — Richard Bach
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that people don't… — Darren Aronofsky
- I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. — Isaac Asimov
- Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. — Bashar al-Assad