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Fear Quotes

Fear fades fastest when it's named directly.

This collection pairs personal courage with public conviction - resolve around national security, wariness of concentrated institutional power, and the belief that a government secure in itself should welcome, not dread, criticism. Related reading in Fearless Quotes.

Excessive fear is always powerless.

Quotes by Aeschylus

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

Quotes by Aeschylus

When a match has equal partners then I fear not.

Quotes by Aeschylus

Fear has run rampant amongst our community of models. Far too many young models, both women and men, are mistreated and put at risk.

Quotes by Adwoa Aboah

Alone Quotes

Illness transforms the things you most fear into the things you crave and would hold onto if you could.

Quotes by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

I've got respect for everybody I play but I don't fear anybody. Nobody causes me sleepless nights.

Quotes by Adrian Lewis

When I am playing my game, I fear nobody.

Quotes by Adrian Lewis

Most of the parents in India, especially in smaller towns, fear for daughters due to the inhuman treatment meted out to them. They want her to go away, saying, 'You're not my responsibility anymore.' I don't understand: why don't we...

Quotes by Aditi Rao Hydari

Those films that really speak to the primal fear that we, as human beings, have about the unknown have always intrigued me. That's the really scary thing, not the slasher, macabre movies. It's the ones that deal with the inner...

Quotes by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Darkness Quotes

My worst fear is my music won't connect with the public.

Quotes by Adele

I get so nervous on stage I can't help but talk. I try. I try telling my brain: stop sending words to the mouth. But I get nervous and turn into my grandma. Behind the eyes it's pure fear. I...

Quotes by Adele

We will not let terrorists change our way of life; we will not live in fear; and we will not undermine the civil liberties that characterize our Democracy.

Quotes by Adam Schiff

A good spicy challenge strikes a balance between flavour and fear.

Quotes by Adam Richman

I hate the idea of sheltering kids from challenging books. It's just another form of conservative fear that promotes ignorance more than anything else.

Quotes by Adam Rapp

Fearful Quotes

I do not accept being a prisoner of fear. Of Communism, of fascism. That, one can bear. But of one's fear. No. Never.

Quotes by Adam Michnik

Americans fear losing control if they're forced to ride in autonomous vehicles. These same Americans fly in airplanes every day that largely are flown by computers, and impressively efficient ones at that.

Quotes by Adam Lashinsky

We all look to have transcendent experiences that lift us out of the everyday, and fear is a good one. But, I think it's the same reason why people want to laugh their heads off.

Quotes by Adam Arkin

When you advise any person you should be guided by the fear of God.

Quotes by Abu Bakr

God helps those who fear Him.

Quotes by Abu Bakr

Fearless Quotes

There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.

Quotes by Abu Bakr

Frequently Asked Questions

What different kinds of fear do these quotes address?
They range from a stated campaign priority to keep America safe from terrorist networks, to a political-philosophy claim about big government versus big business, to a view that governments shouldn't fear criticism, to a statement about being taught not to fear any man.
Is there a quote about a campaign promise to keep America safe?
Yes. One quote is framed as a stated campaign priority: "As president of the United States, my top priority will be to keep America safe. We're going to go after the terrorist networks. We're going to go after Osama bin Laden." No name is given for the speaker in this excerpt. For related quotes, see Darkness quotes.
Is there a quote arguing that big government is more worth fearing than big business?
Yes - one quote states, "Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government." This reflects the speaker's own political-philosophy opinion rather than a neutral fact, presented here simply as their stated view. For more on this kind of perspective, see Fearless quotes.
Is there a quote about governments and criticism?
Yes. One quote states, "I don't think a system or a government should fear critical opinions or views," adding that heeding such views is how "further improve our work and make further progress" happens. For more, see Fearful quotes.
Is there a quote about being taught not to fear anyone?
Yes - one quote says a person "was taught to love and respect all mankind - but to fear no man." For more, see Alone quotes.

One quote closes on the idea of respecting everyone while fearing no one, a theme that runs through several entries here. Continue with Alone Quotes or Darkness Quotes.