Fear - Quotes and Proverbs

Here are some proverbs and quotes about fear.

Halloween fear mask — Halloween – Mask of fear.

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A man who is afraid of suffering suffers from fear itself.

A pessimist is one who feels bad when he feels good for fear he'll feel worse when he feels better.

(unknown author)

Although many of us fear death, I think there is something illogical about it.

Richard Dawkins

An optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears that this is so.

(unknown author)

Atheism is more than just the knowledge that gods do not exist, and that religion is either a mistake or a fraud. Atheism is an attitude, a frame of mind that looks at the world objectively, fearlessly, always trying to understand all things as a part of nature.

Emmett F. Fields

Better to eat vegetables and fear no creditors, than eat duck and hide from them.

Courage is facing your fears. Stupidity is fearing nothing.

Todd Bellemare

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it.

Salvador Dali

He knows no FEAR
he knows no DANGER
he knows NOTHING

(unknown author)
Johnny English

I do not fear death.

J.R.R. Tolkien
Source: The Lord of the Rings
Quoted: Aragorn
Quote from the movie

If you plant rice, rice will grow. If you plant fear, fear will grow.

Cain
Source: Kung Fu

I’m afraid of nothing except being bored.

Greta Garbo

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

Leonardo da Vinci

Man's loneliness is but his fear of life.

Eugene O'Neill

Once bitten by a snake, he is scared all his life at the mere sight of a rope.

One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'

Norman Ralph Augustine

People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend.

Jim Morrison

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.

Paulo Coelho
Source: The Alchemist

The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease.

The night is dark and full of terrors.

(unknown author)
Source: Game of Thrones
Quoted: Melisandre

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Bertrand Russell

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.

Joseph Chilton Pierce

viruses are contagious
so is panic
fear
hysteria
calm
love
enthusiasm
kindness
joy
choose wisely

Caroline Leaf

Where there is death in a thousand forms, we die of fear itself.

Richard de Bury

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