“Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.”
Fear is universal, but what you do with it is personal. These quotes explore the anatomy of being afraid — from stage fright to existential dread — and the surprising number of good things that sit on the other side of doing something scary.
“Fear is the passion of slaves.”
“Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.”
“A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.”
“It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear.”
“When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart.”
“I find fear is a great motivator to work hard.”
“When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.”
“I'm completely in love with the world but also terrified of it. It creates some overwhelming feelings. Wanting to battle out that joy and fear is part of my music.”
“Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.”
“Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.”
“Vaccines save lives fear endangers them. It's a simple message parents need to keep hearing.”
“I had a fear that I'd be typecast, but I don't really have that fear anymore.”
“The thing about youthful offenders is that no one seems to care about them. Most people don't like adolescents - even the good ones can be snarky and unpleasant. Combine the antipathy we feel toward the average teenager with the fear inspired by youth violence, and you have a population that no one wants to deal with.”
“Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.”
“I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.”
“Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.”