Fear Quotes - Page 41

I think a good thing that needs to change is that people should be at least fearless about expressin' themselves.

You do not have to be fearless, just don't let fear stop you.

A warrior never worries about his fear.

Do not fear your enemies. The worst they can do is kill you. Do not fear friends. At worst, they may betray you. Fear those who do not care; they neither kill nor betray, but betrayal and murder exists because of their silent consent.

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, they show us the state of our decay.

When I look at narcissism through the vulnerability lens, I see the shame-based fear of being ordinary. I see the fear of never feeling extraordinary enough to be noticed, to be lovable, to belong, or to cultivate a sense of purpose.

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.

We can destroy what we have written, but we cannot unwrite it.

You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries of magic and religion. . . . Dogs do not ritually urinate in the hope of persuading heaven to do the same and send down rain. Asses do not bray a liturgy to cloudless skies. Nor do cats attempt, by abstinence from cat's meat, to wheedle the feline spirits into benevolence. Only man behaves with such gratuitous folly. It is the price he has to pay for being intelligent but not, as yet, quite intelligent enough.

Fear of the unknown is the greatest fear of all.

Courage is always and only one thing: It is acting with fear, not without it.

Fear betrays unworthy souls.

Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.

Fear is an inhibitor that has kept more people from fulfilling their destiny than any other one emotion.

Mutual fear is a principal link in the chain of mutual love.

I don't think you should wait. I think you should speak now.

Violence is like a weed - it does not die even in the greatest drought.

Love is fearless in the midst of the sea of fear.

Gratitude and fear can't stand the sight of each other.

The only perfect circle on the human body is the eye. When a baby is born it's so perfect, but when it opens its eyes it's just blinded by the corruption and everything else is a downward spiral.

Each precious moment of your life in which you are frozen with fear is a moment when you are not being all you can be. In the end, that hurts more than anything. Succeeding or failing does not determine if we are surviving or living. Rather it is in our ability to reach beyond our present self-imposed definition of who we are, and to risk becoming more, that we are able to feel fully alive.

Still, being fragile creatures, humans always try to hide from themselves the certainty that they will die. They do not see that it is death itself that motivates them to do the best things in their lives. They are afraid to step into the dark, afraid of the unknown, and their only way of conquering that fear is to ignore the fact that their days are numbered. They do not see that with an awareness of death, they would be able to be even more daring, to go much further in their daily conquests, because then they would have nothing to lose- for death itself is inevitable.

Dread lord and cousin, may the almighty preserve your reverence and lordship in long life and good fortune.

The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.

I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.