Fear Quotes - Page 31

Human beings never think for themselves. For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told - and become upset if they are exposed to any different view. The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity. We are stubborn, self-destructive conformists. Any other view of our species is just a self-congratulatory delusion.

He who fears God fears no man.

Only your mind can produce fear.

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.

What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked. "A cage," [Éowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.

I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous.

In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone.

From craving arises sorrow, from craving arises fear, but he who is freed from craving has no sorrow and certainly no fear.

Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.

Man staggers through life yapped at by his reason, pulled and shoved by his appetites, whispered to by fears, beckoned by hopes. Small wonder that what he craves most is self-forgetting.

Be afraid of nothing. You have within you all wisdom, all power, all strength, all understanding.

Procrastination is the fear of success.

Every fear hides a wish.

When I was younger, I was kind of fearless. I think it takes more courage to do things when you know more. I was completely naive, and I was like, why can't I do anything I want to do? You know, go for it.

How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams.

A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course of victory.

No one loves the man whom he fears.

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

All gods who receive homage are cruel. All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshipped. Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine emotion. It is the stones for altars and the beginning of wisdom. Half gods are worshipped in wine and flowers. Real gods require blood.

Fearlessness in those without power is maddening to those who have it.

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.

Fear is the most subtle and destructive of all human diseases.

My worst fear is that I'll end up living in some run-down duplex on Wilshire wearing pants hiked up to my nipples and muttering under my breath.