To him who is in fear everything rustles. – Sophocles
We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear. – Charles Caleb Colton
We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends. – Eric Hoffer
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts. – Virgil
The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear. – Josh Billings
Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish. – Ovid
Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear. – Ovid
As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula. – Dave Barry
To pity distress is but human to relieve it is Godlike. – Horace Mann
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them. – Christian Nestell Bovee
He whom many fear, has himself many to fear. – Publilius Syrus
Fear has many eyes and can see things underground. – Miguel de Cervantes
There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do. – Luc de Clapiers
You know, sometimes I feel well and vital in the world, and sometimes I just feel so distressed I want to pull my hair out by the roots. – Sharon Stone
I have a fear of being boring. – Christian Bale
Hate is the consequence of fear we fear something before we hate it a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise. – Cyril Connolly
Do what you fear and fear disappears. – David Joseph Schwartz
Slowness to change usually means fear of the new. – Phil Crosby
By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown. – Samuel Daniel
Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great. – Fernando Flores
