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Fear Quotes - Page 6

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

Bertrand Russell (2014). “The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell”, p.554, Routledge

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

Zora Neale Hurston (2010). “Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography”, p.38, Harper Collins

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.34, Taylor Trade Publications

When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.

George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two”, p.220, Bantam

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

An Essay on Criticism l. 625 (1711)

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1993). “Frankenstein”, p.129, Wordsworth Editions

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.

M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.131, Simon and Schuster

Never take counsel of your fears.

Quoted as "a favorite maxim" Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson in "Memoirs of Stonewall Jackson by His Widow, Mary Anna Jackson" by Mary Anna Jackson, Prentice Press/Courier Journal, Ch. XIII, (p. 264), 1895.

The story of your life is the story of the long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you could be and fears it.

John Eldredge (2006). “Waking the Dead: The Glory of a Heart Fully Alive”, p.34, Thomas Nelson Inc

The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.

Guy de Maupassant (2007). “The Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant”, p.468, Wildside Press LLC