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The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear⁠—fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.
H. L. Mencken1880–1956
We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.
John F. Kennedy1917–1963
- Hope
In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950
Look not back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around you in awareness.
RHRoss Hersey
- Anger
There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
André Gide1869–1951
Those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970Marriage and Morals (1929)
I have accepted fear as a part of life⁠—specifically the fear of change. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
Erica Jongborn 1942
Fear makes us feel our humanity.
Benjamin Disraeli1804–1881Vivian Grey (1826), Book III, Chapter 6
There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it.
Alfred Hitchcock1899–1980Attributed to Hitchcock in Halliwell’s Filmgoer’s Companion (1984).
Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970Unpopular Essays (1950)
There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
Ben Jonson1572–1637
If you’re afraid to ask the question, it’s probably because you already know the answer.
MWMiriam M. Wynn
Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
Tacitus55–120
- Truth & Lies
All men are timid on entering any fight. Whether it is the first or the last fight, all of us are timid. Cowards are those who let their timidity get the better of their manhood.
George S. Patton1885–1945War As I Knew It
- War & Peace
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
George S. Patton1885–1945
- Courage