Quotes about Fear

Life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And batter'd with the shocks of doom, To shape and use.

Taking a new step. . .is what people fear most.

Fear is a very explosive emotion, but it has a short life span. It's the sprint. The marathon is hope.

The risk it takes to remain tight inside the bud is more painful than the risk it takes to blossom. We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

If you don't conquer your fear, you are going to miss out on some great things in life.

Without fear I can acknowledge that the authentic Christian tension is not between life and death, but between life and life.

Most of us are tiptoeing through life so we can reach death safely. We should be praying, "If I should wake before I die. . . ." Life can get away from you.

Courage frees us from the fears that would rob us of life itself.

Those who never take risks can only see other people's failures.

We are kept out of the Garden by our own fear and desire in relation to what we think to be the goods of our life.

Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person, when we obey because there is fear. So violence isn't merely organized butchery in the name of God, in the name of society or country. Violence is much more subtle, much deeper, and we are inquiring into the very depths of violence.

I'm not qualified," I protested. "Me, a minister? I have no idea how to be a pastor." He said, "When God calls someone, that's all that really matters. Don't let yourself be afraid.