Famously Said Random quote

Quotes about fear

124 quotes from 100 people

Most readBy personPage 4 of 9

Ghosts were created when the first man woke in the night.
J. M. Barrie1860–1937The Little Minister (1891), Ch. 22: Lovers
- Halloween
Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
Dale Carnegie1888–1955How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948), p. 237. Part 8: How I Conquered Worry
- Time
Memories and possibilities are ever more hideous than realities.
H. P. Lovecraft1890–1937“Herbert West: Re-Animator” in “Home Brew” Vol. 1, No. 1 (February 1922)
No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.
Edward R. Murrow1908–1965CBS television broadcast, on See It Now (7 March 1954)
- Responsibility
Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.” Tell this to everyone⁠—“Have no fear.”
Swami Vivekananda1863–1902Pearls of Wisdom
- Courage
Courage is of the heart by derivation,
And great it is. But fear is of the soul.
Robert Frost1874–1963A Masque of Mercy (1947)
- Courage
That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.
Anatole France1844–1924L’Étui de nacre: Le Procurateur de Judée [Mother of Pearl: The Procurator of Judea] (1892)
- Hope
In any case, we do not advance the human cause by refusing to consider ideas that make us frightened.
Carl Sagan1934–1996Broca’s Brain (1979), Chapter 25, “The Amniotic Universe” (p. 364)
- Ideas
Terror consists mostly of useless cruelties perpetrated by frightened people in order to reassure themselves.
Friedrich Engels1820–1895Letter to Marx (4 September 1870)
The Fear of Death often proves Mortal, and sets People on Methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.
Joseph Addison1672–1719The Spectator (1711–1714), No. 25 (29 March 1711)
- Life & Death
Far better is it to have a stout heart always, and suffer one’s share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.
Herodotus484–425 BCThe Histories, Book 7, Ch. 50 (trans. George Rawlinson)
- Courage
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
Edgar Allan Poe1809–1849The Raven (1844), Stanza 5.In context
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you free.
Swami Vivekananda1863–1902Pearls of Wisdom
- Freedom
You are afraid of life, Little Man, deadly afraid. You will murder it in the belief of doing it for the sake of “socialism,” or “the state,” or “national honor,” or “the glory of God.”
Wilhelm Reich1897–1957Listen, Little Man! (1948)
No man is liberated from fear who dare not see his place in the world as it is; no man can achieve the greatness of which he is capable until he has allowed himself to see his own littleness.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970Dreams and Facts (1919)