He whom many fear, has himself many to fear.
We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.
Fear makes us feel our humanity.
Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day.
Why is it that when we get older, we get more fearful?
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.
I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength.
Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.
The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.
One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one.
Having a child, that’s always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child.
When you’re fearful, you stumble.
A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.
Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in church. They’re afraid God might recognize them and ask for autographs.
This is all you have. This is not a dry run. This is your life. If you want to fritter it away with your fears, then you will fritter it away, but you won’t get it back later.
No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted.
If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin.
The mark of fear is not easily removed.
We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.
As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.
You know, sometimes I feel well and vital in the world, and sometimes I just feel so distressed I want to pull my hair out by the roots.
