We fear the thing we want the most. – Robert Anthony
It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man. – Georges Bernanos
An ugly sight, a man who is afraid. – Jean Anouilh
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom. – Marilyn Ferguson
Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. – Francis Quarles
We should not be afraid to go into a new era, to leave the old beyond. – Zack Wamp
Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live. – Dorothy Thompson
True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful. – Paul Sweeney
The mark of fear is not easily removed. – Ernest Gaines
Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house. – John Cheever
Fear is excitement without breath. – Robert Heller
And the things that we fear are a weapon to be held against us. – Ian Rush
I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep. – Pierre Beaumarchais
A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings. – Nadine Gordimer
To fight fear, act. To increase fear – wait, put off postpone. – David Joseph Schwartz
No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted. – Olive Schreiner
We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays. – Aulus Persius Flaccus
I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength. – Etty Hillesum
If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin. – Katharine Butler Hathaway
I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear… that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived. – Harold Kushner
