Quotes about fear
124 quotes from 100 people
Edmund Burke1729–1797Second Speech on Conciliation with America (1775)
H. P. Lovecraft1890–1937“Supernatural Horror in Literature” (1927)
Leonardo da Vinci1452–1519X Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations
Nelson Mandela1918–2013Long Walk to Freedom (1995)Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.
Barack Obamaborn 1961News conference with Prime Minister Gordon Brown, London (1 April 2009)People with real power never fear of losing it. People with control think of little else.
Joss Whedonborn 1964“Mom, He’s Doing It Again..”, at Whedonesque.com (10 November 2007)
Gillian Andersonborn 1968Excerpt from the foreword in Girl Boss: Running the Show Like the Big Chicks, by Stacy Kravetz (1999)
Jiddu Krishnamurti1895–19861st Public Talk, Berkeley, California (3 February 1969)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington1769–1852Stanhope, Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington, 3 Nov 1831
Ovid43 BC–AD 17Heroides, I, 12
Virgil70–19 BCAeneid (29–19 BC), Book IV, Line 13If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.
Maya Angelou1928–2014“Touched by an Angel”, Shaker, Why Don’t You Sing? (1983)
Michel de Montaigne1533–1592Essais (wr. 1571–92; pub. 1580–95), Book I, Ch. 18
Audre Lorde1934–1992Man Child: A Black Lesbian Feminist’s Response, p. 75- Edmund Burke1729–1797Speech on the Petition of the Unitarians (11 May 1792), volume vii, p. 50