Quotes about fear
124 quotes from 100 people
Look not back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around you in awareness.
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).
Victor Hugo1802–1885Les Misérables (1862), Volume I: Fantine, Book First: A Just Man, Chapter VIIIn contextIf the child gives the effect another turn of the screw, what do you say to two children—?
When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has glean’d my teeming brain,We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.
Jiddu Krishnamurti1895–19861st Public Talk, Berkeley, California (3 February 1969)
Audre Lorde1934–1992Man Child: A Black Lesbian Feminist’s Response, p. 75
H. P. Lovecraft1890–1937“Supernatural Horror in Literature” (1927)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)The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.
Shirley MacLaineborn 1934Don’t Fall Off the Mountain (1970)
Nelson Mandela1918–2013Long Walk to Freedom (1995)Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way.
Nelson Mandela1918–2013Our March to Freedom is Irreversible (1990)
