Quotes about Fear
Where shame is, there is also fear.
- John Milton
Never worry alone. When anxiety grabs my mind, it is self-perpetuating. Worrisome thoughts reproduce faster than rabbits, so one of the most powerful ways to stop the spiral of worry is simply to disclose my worry to a friend... The simple act of reassurance from another human being [becomes] a tool of the Spirit to cast out fear -- because peace and fear are both contagious.
- John Ortberg
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." So we can confidently say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?" (Hebrews 13:5—6)
- John Piper
Anxiety seems to be an intense desire for something, accompanied by a fear of the consequences of not receiving it.
- John Piper
God's reality is displayed to us in His Word or His world and we do not then feel in our heart any grief or longing or hope or fear or awe or joy or gratitude or confidence, then we may dutifully sing and pray and recite and gesture as much as we like, but it will not be real worship.
- John Piper
Worry is a mild form of atheism.
- John Piper
The coronavirus is God's call to his people to overcome self-pity and fear, and with courageous joy, to do the good works of love that glorify God.
- John Piper
And, Father, most of all, you taught Me there's a Pow'r in love that naught Can thwart, and that it moves where truth And courage speak, and neither youth Nor age can hinder its success, But only fear and quietness.
- John Piper
Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin, and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of heaven on Earth.
- John Wesley
Give me 100 preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God; such alone will shake the gates of hell.
- John Wesley
Good people avoid sin because they love goodness, Wicked people avoid sin because they fear punishment.
- John Wesley
And those who cherished the fear of God and lived in harmony with his will continued to increase in knowledge and wisdom throughout their life.
- Ellen White