Fear Quotes - Page 105

Vanity is the fear of appearing original: it is thus a lack of pride, but not necessarily a lack of originality.

The better the state is established, the fainter is humanity. To make the individual uncomfortable, that is my task.

My intimate knowledge of many central African tribes has everywhere convinced me of the necessity that the Negro does not respect treaties but only brute force.”• General Adrian Dietrich Lothar von Trotha on German South West Africa “At the level of individuals, violence is a cleansing force. It frees the native from his inferiority complex and from his despair and inaction, it makes him fearless and restores his self-respect.

Try looking into that place where you dare not look! You'll find me there, staring out at you!

Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, how to be free from it, that's the point. Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.

I never go to where's a risk. I'm frightened of dangers down to boredom.

Humility responds to God's will-to the fear of His judgments and to the needs of those around us. To the proud, the applause of the world rings in their ears; to the humble, the applause of heaven warms their hearts. Someone has said, "Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man."

The man who fears war and squats opposing My words for stour, hath no blood of crimson But is fit only to rot in womanish peace

One of the paradoxes of our time is that the War on Terror has served mainly to reinforce a collective belief that maintaining the right amount of fear and suspicion will earn one safety. Fear is promoted by the government as a kind of policy. Fear is accepted, even among the best-educated people in this country, even among the professors with whom I work, as a kind of intelligence. And inspiring fear in others is often seen as neighborly and kindly, instead of being regarded as what my cousin recognized it for - a violence.

[Censors are] people with secret attractions to various temptations... They are defending themselves under the pretext of defending others, because at heart they fear their own weaknesses.

It's all nonsense. It's only nonsense. I'm not afraid of the rain. I am not afraid of the rain. Oh, oh, God, I wish I wasn't.

The thing I fear comes upon me

Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them.

Fearless--the cobweb swings from the ceiling-- Indolent Housewife--in Daisies--lain!

Most People are wretched more by the Fears of what may come, than what they endure at present. ... a manifest Contradiction to good Sense; for who, with the right use of that, wou'd lose the Enjoyment of a present Comfort, to lament a Misfortune only in Supposition; which ten to one never comes to pass.

Martyrs have been sincere. And so have tyrants. Wise men have been sincere. And so have fools.

I have absolutely no fear of death. Why would I? There's nothing to fear-only joy to experience.

Fear is self-awareness raised to a higher level.

The fear of death comes from limited awareness.

Sometimes good choices are really bad ones, wrapped up in so much fear you can't even see straight.

When we notice a connection between our present fears and their origins in early life, we are finding out how much of our identity is designed by fear. Is fear the architect of me?

A fearful man who knows he is fearful is far more trustable than a fearful man who isn’t aware of his fear.

I believe that fear of life brings a greater fear of death.

Without "The Law of Moses" would we all be wandering around like little gods, stealing, raping, and spilling blood whenever our vanity was offended?

It never hurts a fool to appear before an audience, for his capacity is not a capacity for feeling.