Fear Quotes

11978 Fear quotes by 5316 unique authors

But we know that freedom cannot be served by the devices of the tyrant. As it is an ancient truth that freedom cannot be legislated… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
I fear explanations explanatory of things explained. — Abraham Lincoln
Yes, I see the Church as the body of Christ. But, oh! How we have blemished and scarred that body through social neglect and through… — Martin Luther
Fear can supplant our real problems only to the extent -unwilling either to assimilate or to exhaust it -we perpetuate it within ourselves like a… — Emile M. Cioran
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… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Favor and disgrace are like fear. Favor is in a higher place, and disgrace in a lower place. When you win them you are like… — Laozi
To have gold is to be in fear, and to want it to be sorrow. — Samuel Johnson
Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear. — Unknown Author
There can be no security where there is fear. — Felix Frankfurter
It is an old psychological axiom that constant exposure to the object of fear immunizes against the fear. — Maxwell Maltz
Fear may come true that which one is afraid of. — Viktor E. Frankl
Fear guides more than gratitude. — Oliver Goldsmith
There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution but of fear. — Edmund Burke
When you fear a foe, fear crushes your strength; and this weakness gives strength to your opponents. — William Shakespeare
The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care. — F. H. Bradley
He is a king who fears nothing, he is a king who desires nothing! — Seneca the Younger
They are slaves who fear to speak, for the fallen and the weak. — James Russell Lowell
He that lives to forever, never fears dying. — William Penn
Scruples, temptations, and fears, and cutting perplexities of the heart, are often the lot of the most excellent persons. — Thomas a Kempis
I am above being injured by fortune, though she steals away much, more will remain with me. The blessing I now enjoy transcend fear. — Unknown Author
The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty. — Napoleon Hill
Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of… — Eric Hoffer
I fear the vermin that shall undermineSenate and citadel and school and shrine. — Edwin Markham
The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone. — Tacitus
Every principle is a judgment, every judgment the outcome of experience, and experience is only acquired by the exercise of the senses; whence it follows… — Marquis de Sade

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