Quotes About Fear

Fear: False Evidence Appearing Real - Unknown

Fear Quotes




There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. - Aeschylus Quote


Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself. - Samuel Butler Quote


Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. - German Proverb


If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all thinking, damages his personality and makes him a landlord to a ghost. - Lloyd Douglas Quote


A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. - Arab Proverb


Fear prejudices courage. - Abigail Charleson Quote


Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light?
- Maurice Freehill


Fear: False Evidence Appearing Real. - Author Unknown


Fear is a slinking cat I find beneath the lilacs of my mind. - Sophie Tunnell


I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which to creativeness. Other things being equal, I would make the decision which had the larger number of creative reasons on its side. - Katharine Butler Hathaway Quote


He who fears something gives it power over him. - Moorish Proverb


Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death. - Author Unknown


He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. - French Proverb


Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live." - Dorothy Thompson There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice. - Mark Twain Quote


Fear can be headier than whiskey, once man has acquired a taste for it. - Donald Dowes Quote


Fear dances with courage. - Ever Garrison Quote


The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote


Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death. - Betty Bender Quote


To lead is difficult when you're a follower of fear. - T.A. Sachs Quote


I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change.... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. - Erica Jong Quote

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Fear gets a great deal of negative press. We're told to be brave, bold, and fearless... to let nothing get in our way, not even our own fears. Very good advice, all of it. In fact, you'll find that sort of encouragement and motiviation throughout this very website and blog!

But I'd like to take a different look at fear - an appreciative, positive look. (I think I just caught it off guard.)

Fear is not 100 percent negative. If you think about it in a positive light, it isn't even 50 percent negative. Fear is negative only when it causes us to stop what we're doing or stops us from even trying in the first place. But what if we started looking at fear as a Yield sign rather than a Stop sign? What if we identified it, not as red, but as yellow? Good old, "You're free to go, but use common sense and look before you leap" yellow.

There's a lot to be said for using both common sense and caution. Mishaps don't happen as frequently when we're being cautious. They usually come when we're charging off on our own, armed with enthusiasm but lacking an ounce of knowledge or caution. Use fear to your advantage and nothing will be able to stop you.