Quotes about Fear
Messina between the volcanoes, Etna and Stromboli, having known the death-agony's terror. I always dread coming near the awful place, yet I have found the people kind, almost feverishly so, as if they knew the awful need for kindness.
- DH Lawrence
When Clifford became really roused in his feelings about the common people, Connie was frightened. There was something devastatingly true in what he said. But it was a truth that killed.
- DH Lawrence
Then her eyes blazed naken in a kind of ecstasy, that frightened him.
- DH Lawrence
And looking ahead, the prospect of her life made her feel as if she were buried alive.
- DH Lawrence
And again the dread of the night came on him. He was a net-work of nerves, and when he was not braced up to work, and so full of energy: or when he was not listening-in, and so utterly neuter: then he was haunted by anxiety and a sense of dangerous, impending void. He was afraid. And Connie could keep the fear off him, if she would. But it was obvious she wouldn't, she wouldn't.
- DH Lawrence
He could only say the one thing he was afraid to say: Will you hide in my house, master?
- DH Lawrence
All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory" was the motto of the King's Guard in ancient Greece.
- Dale Carnegie
Hans Selye, another great psychologist, said, "As much as we thirst for approval, we dread condemnation.
- Dale Carnegie
Remember, fear not, be candid, promulge the body and the soul, Dwell a while and pass on, be copious, temperate, chaste, magnetic, And what you effuse may then return as the seasons return, And may be just as much as the seasons.
- Walt Whitman
Worry is the darkroom in which negatives can develop.
- Wanda Brunstetter
If you're afraid of something, then reach deep inside and face it head-on.
- Wanda Brunstetter
touches still; the word which once comforted many a broken-hearted one yet speaks. His hand and His word not only comforted John but also gave strength (cf. Dan. 8.17,18; 10.9,10,18,19). Hand to give strength and word by which to feel comforted. When John realized that the Lord's love remained the same as before, fear naturally left him and strength and comfort became his portion instead.
- Watchman Nee