Fear Quotes

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The real persuaders are our appetites, our fears and above all our vanity. The skillful propagandist stirs and coaches these internal persuaders. — Eric Hoffer
Fear, anger, stubbornness, and distrust portray themselves as your rescuers. Actually these energies only make you more closed off. Tell yourself: Nobody ever solved a… — Deepak Chopra
Any change in form produces a fear of change, and that has accelerated. Marketing is the death of invention, because marketing deals with the familiar. — Nicolas Roeg
Affairs are loaded with romanticism, morality, mythology, and intense emotions. They're not really about sex, but about pain and fear and the desire to feel… — Emily Browning
Wretched men cringe before tyrants who have no power, the victims of their trivial hopes and fears. They do not realise that anger is hopeless,… — Boethius
It seems to me that what most of us have to fear for the future is not that something terrible is going to happen, but… — J. G. Ballard
Love is always creative, fear always destructive. — Emmet Fox
Sometimes I truly fear that I am losing my mind. And if I did it it would be like flying blind. — Howard Hughes
Neither fear nor self-interest can convert the soul. They may change the appearance, perhaps even the conduct, but never the object of supreme desire... Fear… — Bernard of Clairvaux
Not Chaos, not the darkest pit of lowest Erebus, nor aught of blinder vacancy, scooped out by help of dreams - can breed such fear… — William Wordsworth
My greatest political asset, which professional politicians fear, is my mouth, out of which come all kinds of things one shouldn’t always discuss for reasons… — Shirley Chisholm
The true, unacknowledged purpose of capital punishment is to inspire fear and awe -- fear and awe of the State. — Edward Abbey
A leader leads from in front, by the power of example. A ruler pushes from behind, by means of the club, the whip, the power… — Edward Abbey
If you feel that you're not ready to die, never fear; nature will give you complete and adequate assistance when the time comes. — Edward Abbey
The great question of life is not the question of death but the question of life. Fear of death shames us all. — Edward Abbey
Those who fear death most are those who enjoy life least. — Edward Abbey
Let divines and philosophers, statesmen and patriots, unite their endeavors to renovate the age by impressing the minds of men with the importance of educating… — Samuel Adams
Those characters wherein fear predominates over hope may apprehend too much from...instances of irregularity. They may conclude too hastily that nature has formed man insusceptible… — Thomas Jefferson
Aristocrats fear the people, and wish to transfer all power to the higher classes of society. — Thomas Jefferson
Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith. — Benjamin Franklin
When Men are irritated, and the Passions inflamed, they fly hastily and cheerfully to Arms; but after the first emotions are over, to expect, among… — George Washington
Why is Form beautiful? Because, I think, it helps us confront our worst fear: the suspicion that life may be chaos and that therefore our… — Robert Adams
For some time I lived in fear of receiving a letter signed 'S. Gollum'. That would have been more difficult to deal with. — J.R.R. Tolkien
The real fear isn't rejection, but that there won't be enough time in your life to write all the stories that you have in you. — Ray Bradbury
My big fear was that my guitar would go out of tune. — Bob Dylan

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