Fear Quotes - Page 55

In handling men, there are three feelings that a man must not possess-fear, dislike and contempt. If he is afraid of men he cannot handle them. Neither can he influence them in his favor if he dislikes or scorns them. He must neither cringe nor sneer. He must have both self-respect and respect for others.

Remember that the more you know, the less you fear.

When you're frightened don't sit still, keep on doing something. The act of doing will give your back your courage.

Giving up is the only sure way to fail.

Better mendacities Than the classics in paraphrase! Some quick to arm, some for adventure, some from fear of weakness, some from fear of censure, some for love of slaughter, in imagination, learning later . . . some in fear, learning love of slaughter; Died some, pro patria, non "dulce" non "et decor" . walked eye-deep in hell believing in old men's lies, the unbelieving came home, home to a lie.

It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.

Your fear is the most boring thing about you.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do.

Fear and bigotry don’t need explaining. They simply are, like traffic jams and taxes.

To be born in imbecility, in the midst of pain and crisis; to be the plaything of ignorance, error, need, sickness, wickedness, and passions; to return step by step to imbecility, from the time of lisping to that of doting; to live among knaves and charlatans of all kinds; to die between one man who takes your pulse and another who troubles your head; never to know where you come from, why you come and where you are going! That is what is called the most important gift of our parents and nature. Life.

There are only 2 responses to the world, fear or love. Your life depends on which one you choose.

Joy of living is sustainable; fear of dying is not.

"What is a human being, then?" "A seed." "A... seed?" "An acorn that is unafraid to destroy itself in growing into a tree."

All fears are one fear. Just the fear of death. And we accept it, then we are at peace.

Fear is ugly because it makes you irrational. Fear makes you jump to conclusions. Fear makes you reactionary.

As we fear God more completely, we love Him more perfectly. And 'perfect love casteth out all fear'.

When you were in love, you knew no fear or hatred. When you were fearful, there was no possibility of love or hate. And when there was hate, there was only hate.

And they know neither sect nor idolatry, with the exception that all believe that the source of all power and goodness is in the sky, and they believe very firmly that I, with these ships and people, came from the sky, and in this belief they everywhere received me, after they had overcome their fear.

Do you believe in telepathy? No? Then what are you doing when you pray?

In the way that scepticism is sometimes applied to issues of public concern, there is a tendency to belittle, to condescend, to ignore the fact that, deluded or not, supporters of superstition and pseudoscience are human beings with real feelings, who, like the sceptics, are trying to figure out how the world works and what our role in it might be. Their motives are in many cases consonant with science. If their culture has not given them all the tools they need to pursue this great quest, let us temper our criticism with kindness. None of us comes fully equipped.

Everything you do is triggered by an emotion of either desire or fear.

Worrying about scarcity is our culture's version of post-traumatic stress. It happens when we've been through too much, and rather than coming together to heal (which requires vulnerability) we're angry and scared and at each other's throats.

It frightens me, the awful truth, of how sweet life can be.

Do not fear mistakes.

Never be frightened! Be fearless! There is no room for fear. Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is adharma and fear is disloyalty. All delusions emanate from this evil called fear.