Quotes about fear
Welcome to our Fear collection, an exploration of the intricate emotions that both challenge and shape our journeys through life. In this curated compilation of quotes, we delve into the complex terrain of fear, celebrating its lessons, the resilience it cultivates, and the transformative potential it carries.
Fear is more than a fleeting emotion; it's a teacher that reveals our vulnerabilities, a catalyst for growth, and a reminder of our humanity. Our Fear quotes honor the courage found in facing the unknown, the strength that arises from adversity, and the way fear can evolve into a source of empowerment.
Whether you're navigating life's uncertainties, intrigued by the psychology of fear, or simply captivated by the spectrum of emotions it triggers, these quotes offer insights into the depths and the transformation that fear can inspire.
Embark on a journey that embraces the art of resilience, the stories of triumph over fear, and the way it can be harnessed as a catalyst for personal growth. Discover the narratives of individuals who've stared fear in the face, the empowerment drawn from conquering phobias, and the powerful lessons that emerge when we acknowledge and navigate the fears that reside within us.
Kathryn Stockett
— NovelistI've become one of those people who prowl around at night in their cars. God, I am the town's Boo Radley, just like in To Kill A Mockingbird.
Hypatia
— Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematicianTo rule by fettering the mind through fear of punishment in another world is just as base as to use force.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterDays and nights passed over this despair of flesh, but one morning he awoke, looked (with calm now) at the blurred things that lay about him, and felt, inexplicably, the way one might feel upon recognizing a melody or a voice, that all this had happened to him before and that he had faced it with fear but also with joy and hopefulness and curiosity. Then he descended into his memory, which seemed to him endless, and managed to draw up from that vertigo the lost remembrance that gleamed like a coin in the rain - perhaps because he had never really looked at it except (perhaps) in a dream.
Sofia Vergara
— ActressI think I'm going to be stereotyped forever, but I'm not scared of being stereotyped.
Antonio Machado
— PoetDeath is something we shouldn't fear because, while we are, death isn't, and when death is, we aren't.
Geronimo
— Apache Warrior & Symbol of Indigenous ResistanceI will protect my people if I live. For myself I do not fear for I have the word of Usen. Who is the White Nantan to think he can pit his power against that of Usen?
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsA despot doesn't fear eloquent writers preaching freedom- he fears a drunken poet who may crack a joke that will take hold.
Russell Hoban
— Versatile Author & Creative StorytellerAn idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of these eyes we cannot bear to look out of; we blind them as quickly as possible.
Stan Lee
— Comic Book Icon & Creator of Marvel HeroesI'm afraid I go through the same thing all the time.
Shigeru Yoshida
— Former Prime Minister of JapanThere is fear as to whether Japan, reduced to such a predicament, could ever manage to pay reparations to certain designated Allied Powers without shifting the burden upon the other Allied Powers.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerYou're a lot better off being scared than being bored.
M. F. K. Fisher
— Pioneering Food WriterI sat in the gradually chilling room, thinking of my whole past the way a drowning man is supposed to, and it seemed part of the present, part of the gray cold and the beggar woman without a face and the moulting birds frozen to their own filth in the Orangerie. I know now I was in the throes of some small glandular crisis, a sublimated bilious attack, a flick from the whip of melancholia, but then it was terrifying...nameless...
Aisha Tyler
— American actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostI want to point out, that this is not my fault that everyone's afraid of me, because I did not kill a couple people the other day.
Trevor Donovan
— American actor and modelI think fear is unavoidable and that, when recognized and embraced, its something that can work for you - especially in the audition room.
Thomas Kyd
— English playwright, the author of The Spanish Tragedy, and one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan dramaFear shall force what friendship cannot win.
Pope John XXIII
— Head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in 1963Consult not your fears, but your hopes and your dreams.
Lindy West
— American writer, comedian and activistIt’s hard to feel hurt or frightened when you’re flooded with pity.
Tracey Edmonds
— American businesswoman, television producer and personalityHappy Monday! Live without fear! Face your fears and see them as an OPPORTUNITY for strength and growth. You'll see, once you face them, they disappear!
Reba McEntire
— American country music singer, actress and businesswomanI've never really done this. Now I know what scared is.
Bipasha Basu
— Indian actress and modelI was a lady gunda in school. Everyone was scared of me, and I was really short and round.
Craig Stone
— English footballerSleep doesn't come easy when a broken twig conjures images of a hulking mental patient snapping the arms off children, over by the bin.
Eli Roth
— American film director, producer, and actorIf you don’t want to be scared in a horror film, don’t close your eyes. Close your ears.
Glennon Melton
— American author and activistIt is a decision that compassion is more important than fear, than fitting in, than following the crowd.
Bill Pullman
— American actorI like those crisis moments - if you're on top of it and don't get pulled under by panic and fear, it's a very bonding thing.
Ben Jonson
— English playwright and poetO! How vain and vile a passion is this fear! What base uncomely things it makes men do.
Napoleon Bonaparte
— French military and political leaderPassionate people invariably deny their anger, and cowards often boast their ignorance of fear.
John Adams
— American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding FatherFear is the foundation of most governments; but it is so sordid and brutal a passion, and renders men in whose breasts it predominates so stupid and miserable, that Americans will not be likely to approve of any political institution which is founded on it.
Leon Brown
— Baseball playerPlant the seed of positivity into your mind, nourish it daily with love and happiness will flower, as fear begins to die.
Julie Andrews
— English actress, singer, and authorSuccess is terrifying. Like happiness, it is often appreciated in retrospect. It's only later that you place it in perspective. Years from now, I'll look back and say, ‘God, wasn't it wonderful.’
John Gray
— English political philosopher and authorIf we are to feel the positive feelings of love, happiness, trust, and gratitude, we periodically also have to feel anger, sadness, fear, and sorrow.
Robin Weigert
— American television and film actressI think when I feel fear, thats often a cue that I should do something. If I begin to feel fear, thats a strong sign, psychologically, that something has its hooks in me somewhere deep.
Nicholas Hoult
— English actorI think interviews can be fine. It's just there's this terrible fear of coming off wrongly or saying something that gets taken out of context.
Suzy Kassem
— Writer, director, philosopher, poet, and citizen of the worldNever fear Death for you will feel aroused by his sleep. Never cheat death or he will slap you with a sentence of misery for the defeat.
Kate Winslet
— English actressYou know why I fear people's judgment? Because I know they're judging. I know they are.
Jackie Chan
— Hong Kong actor, director, martial artist and stuntmanThe ads all call me fearless, but that's just publicity. Anyone who thinks I'm not scared out of my mind whenever I do one of my stunts is crazier than I am.
Robert G. Allen
— BusinessmanHidden behind your fears and your failures is the success you seek.
Beyonce
— American singer, songwriter, and actressI was thinkin if I cheated on my fears, broke up with my doubts, got engaged to my faith. I can marry my dreams.
Oprah Winfrey
— American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropistI believe everyday your life speaks to you - through every experience, through the people you meet, and even through pain, fear and self-doubt.
Oliver Hudson
— American actorHis advice to me is basically to just love what you do and don't let the fear of failure stop you.
Paula Abdul
— American singer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personalityYou end up becoming who you are by jumping into that circle of fear - that's how it's done.
Ian Fleming
— British writer, journalist and naval intelligence officerIt was the same with the whole Russian machine. Fear was the impulse. For them it was always safer to advance than retreat. Advance against the enemy and the bullet might miss you. Retreat, evade, betray and the bullet would never miss.
Bobby McFerrin
— American folk-jazz vocalistI try not to "perform." I try to come on stage and be myself, to sing the way I would in a room by myself, to interact with the audience the way I would relate to them if we were in my kitchen drinking tea and making up silly songs. Maybe the way to get past the fear of being ourselves is simply to try it more often.
Kate Hudson
— American actressI'm not interested in being fearful. I'm not a good flyer, but that doesn't stop me.
Katharine Hepburn
— American actress of film, stage and televisionEveryone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
Nick Vujicic
— Australian American Christian evangelist and motivational speakerI think emotional and mental pain is probably worse than physical pain. I think we don't realize that I have no arms or legs but we all have disabilities of some sort, some fear, some lost, some wishes that didn't come true, things we wish would be better.
David Hume
— Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, librarian and essayistWeakness, fear, melancholy, together with ignorance, are the true sources of superstition. Hope, pride, presumption, a warm indignation, together with ignorance, are the true sources of enthusiasm.
Jay-Z
— American rapper, songwriter, record executive, entrepreneur, and media proprietorThis is why we shouldn't be afraid. There are two possibilities: One is that there's more to life than the physical life, that our souls "will find an even higher place to dwell" when this life is over. If that's true, there's no reason to fear failure or death. The other possibility is that this life is all there is. And if that's true, then we have to really live it - we have to take it for everything it has and "die enormous" instead of "living dormant," as I said way back on "Can I Live." Either way, fear is a waste of time.
Gabrielle Bernstein
— New York Times Bestselling author, motivational speaker, spiritual leader, and podcast hostWe're not going to stop trying to live big. It's about transforming your stress so that it doesn't take over. The first step is to realize that it is there and that you are trying to outrun your fear.
Jennifer Lopez
— American singer, actress, and dancerI'm very into positive thinking. The minute I feel nervousness or anxiety or fear, I go, "No, no, that's not a thought that I need to have right now. Everything's great, everything's good, you're going to be fine."
Isaac Watts
— English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logicianWhen I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.
Jon Foreman
— American musician, the lead singer, guitarist, main songwriter and co-founderDarkness cannot cast out darkness. You need a light for that. Fear cannot cast out fear. You're gonna need hope for that death warrants more death. But I believe life wants more life and I'm convinced that the greatest weapon we've got is LOVE! And maybe, in a world full of fighters, in a world imploding with hate, maybe to be a lover, you gotta be a fighter. Maybe that's the biggest fight, the only fight worth fighting, the fight you're gonna be in for the rest of your life.
Gary Larson
— American cartoonist, environmentalist, and former musicianI think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.
Diahann Carroll
— American actress, singer, model, and activistIn the war against breast cancer, we have the ability to arm ourselves with knowledge and education is a powerful tool. By taking action and doing something positive, fear is replaced with hope.
Hugh Jackman
— Australian actorI've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people.
Brooke Burke
— American television personality, fitness personality, author, actress, and businesswomanHey, we all have our fear. Mine is bugs and lobsters!
Arnold Schwarzenegger
— Austrian-American actor, former bodybuilder, film producer, businessman, and former politicianLook for small victories and build on that. Each small victory, even if it is just getting up five minutes earlier, gives you confidence. You realize that these little victories make you feel great, and you keep going. You realize that being paralyzed by fear of failure is worse than failure.
Italo Calvino
— Italian writer and journalistCities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else.
Adele
— English singer and songwriterI get so nervous on stage I can't help but talk. I try. I try telling my brain: stop sending words to the mouth. But I get nervous and turn into my grandma. Behind the eyes it's pure fear. I find it difficult to believe I'm going to be able to deliver.
Demi Lovato
— American singer, songwriter, and actorAll fear has ever done is hold me back. I have so many things I want to accomplish in my life. For myself and for the world. Fear is useless; it just gets in the way of accomplishing everything Overcome fear today and and confront one of your phobias.
Felix Dennis
— English publisher, poet, spoken-word performer and philanthropistFear not. For fear itself is fed by fear, and all fears pass. Did no one tell you so? Come take my hand, my friend, and we will peer into this fear's abyss. And jump! And know.
Don Roff
— Writer and filmmakerFear and self-doubt are the deadly enemies of creativity. Don’t invite either into your mind.
Edna O'Brien
— Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writerAll my life I had feared imprisonment, the nun's cell, the hospital bed, the places where one faced the self without distraction, without the crutches of other people.
David Benioff
— American writer, director and producerThis wasn't the way I had imagined my adventures, but reality ignored my wishes from the get-go, giving me a body best suited for stacking books in the library, injecting so much fear into my veins that I could only cower in the stairwell when the violence came. Maybe someday my arms and legs would thicken with muscle and the fear would drain away like dirty bathwater. I wish I believed these things would happen, but I didn't.
Erykah Badu
— American singer-songwriter, record producer and actressArt is the absence of fear.
Cathy Freeman
— Australian former sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres eventWith Alexander's cancer, I was definitely brought to my knees for the first time because of the fear factor.
Arundhati Roy
— Indian authorImpelled by feelings that were primal yet paradoxically wholly impersonal. Feelings of contempt born of inchoate, unacknowledged fear--civilization's fear of nature, men's fear of women, power's fear of powerlessness. Man's subliminal urge to destroy what he could neither subdue nor deify.
Carmen Dell'Orefice
— American supermodel and actressThe key to overcoming adversity is to be ready to understand that you have enough, no matter what rug is pulled out from under you. You can't live in fear, or thinking "I'll never figure it out." The more consciously we can understand what we're experiencing, the more that is our protection. So, we run into adversity, but we don't have to stay there if we have imagination and a way to help ourselves change course. Sometimes we can't - knowing the difference is wisdom and the acceptance that we have enough.
Algernon Charles Swinburne
— English poet, playwright, novelist, and criticFear that makes faith may break faith.
Dominic Lawson
— British journalistShare prices follow the theorem: hope divided by fear minus greed.
Ben Okri
— Nigerian poet and novelistStories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.
Brian Jacques
— English novelistWeapons may be carried by creatures who are evil, dishonest, violent or lazy. The true warrior is good, gentle and honest. His bravery comes from within himself; he learns to conquer his own fears and misdeeds.
Dani Pedrosa
— Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racerFear is feeling, is not what do you think. That feeling keeps your body in every way to 100% and makes you react like a wild animal. It gives you that extra than you have in a normal