Quotes by Fear Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe. Andrew Marvell selffearmen I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good. Andrew Solomon strongfearbelieve If a train is coming at you, closing your eyes won't save you ... but if you look right at it, you at least have a chance to jump. Andrew Vachss eyefearlooks I don't think that there is anything that is really magical unless it has a terrifying quality. Andrew Wyeth qualityfearthinking When a man carries a gun all the time, the respect he thinks he's getting might really be fear. So I don't carry a gun because I don't want the people of Mayberry to fear a gun. I'd rather they respect me. Andy Griffith respectgunfear Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive. Andy Grove businessfearsuccess Anyway, I collapsed in France in the middle of a tour. I hadn't been eating properly, I was getting very phobic about audiences, and I collapsed in pure fright. Andy Partridge franceeatingfear Any fear associated with giving to God's kingdom is irrational. It's on par with a farmer who, out of fear of losing his seed, refuses to plant his fields. Andy Stanley kingdomsfeargiving Here's a scary thought: What if God called you to give beyond your comfort level? Would you be afraid? Would you try to explain it away or dismiss it as impractical? And in the process, would you miss out on a harvest opportunity for which God had explicitly prospered you in the first place? Andy Stanley fearopportunitygiving What you fear most will determine whether you merely save for the future or give for the future. Andy Stanley determinefeargiving Trade unions are islands of anarchy in a sea of chaos. Aneurin Bevan fearseaislands I am not an angry girl, but it seems I've got everyone fooled. Every time I say something they find hard to hear, they chalk it up to my anger and not to their own fear. Imagine you're a girl just trying to finally come clean, knowing full well they prefer you dirty and smiling. Ani DiFranco girlfeardirty Carl did not want to believe. He wanted to know. Ann Druyan atheismfearbelieve When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears. Ann Radcliffe fearpeoplemoving When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction. Ann Radcliffe yieldfearmind In every mind where there is a strong tendency to fear there is a strong capacity to hate. Those who dwell in fear dwell nest door to hate; and I think it is the cowardice of women which makes them such intense haters. Anna Brownell Jameson hatestrongfear Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil. Anna Brownell Jameson principlesevilfear To regret the exchange of earthly pleasures for the joys of Heaven, is as if the grovelling caterpillar should lament that it must one day quit the nibbled leaf to soar aloft and flutter through the air, roving at will from flower to flower, sipping sweet honey from their cups, or basking in their sunny petals. Anne Bronte regretfearsweet I think self-exploration is one of the journeys in life that we are blessed to be able to have. Anne Heche journeyblessedfear What people are afraid of can tell us a lot about society. Anne Holt fearpeople«23456789101112»
