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Fear Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of…
- I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him; you have no business with consequences, you are…
- Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
- To have gold is to be in fear, and to want it to be sorrow.
- The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events of the theatrical world; and their first performances fill the pit with conjecture and prognostication,…
- A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love of his country; who, as an agent in parliament, has,…
- But though it cannot be reasonable not to gain happiness for fear of losing it, yet it must be confessed, that in proportion to the…
- In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it; for no species…
- To scatter praise or blame without regard to justice is to destroy the distinction of good and evil. Many have no other test of actions…
- I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty…
- No man is much regarded by the rest of the world. He that considers how little he dwells upon the condition of others, will learn…
- Idleness and timidity often despair without being overcome, and forbear attempts for fear of being defeated; and we may promote the invigoration of faint endeavors,…
- Every man, however hopeless his pretensions may appear, has some project by which he hopes to rise to reputation; some art by which he imagines…
- Happiness," said he, "must be something solid and permanent, without fear and without uncertainty.
- Men know that women are an overmatch for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or the most ignorant. If they did not think so,…
- Sir, you must not neglect doing a thing immediately good from fear of remote evil; -from fear of its being abused.
- The disturbers of happiness are our desires, our griefs, and our fears.
- Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to…
- Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we ought not to hope too securely, we ought not to…
- He that pursues fame with just claims, trusts his happiness to the winds; but he that endeavors after it by false merit, has to fear,…
- But the greater, far the greater number of those who rave and rail (against the government), and inquire and accuse, neither suspect nor fear, nor…
- Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we ought not to hope too securely, we ought not to…
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