Fear Quotes

We would rather be ruined than changedWe would rather die in our dreadThan climb the cross of the momentAnd let our illusions die.

~ W.h. Auden

I am terrified by this dark thingThat sleeps in me;All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity.

~ Sylvia Plath

The season was waning fastOur nights were growing cold at lastI took her to bed with silk and song,'Lay still, my love, I won’t be long;I must prepare my body for passion.''O, your body you give, but all else you ration.''It is because of these dreams of a sylvan scene:A bleeding nymph to leave me serene...I have dreams of a trembling wench.''You have dreams,' she said, 'that cannot be quenched.''Our passion,' said I, 'should never be feared;As our longing for love can never be cured.Our want is our way and our way is our will,We have the love, my love, that no one can kill.''If night is your love, then in dreams you’ll fulfill...This love, our love, that no one can kill.'Yet want is my way, and my way is my will,Thus I killed my love with a sleeping pill.

~ Roman Payne

Fear of joy is the darkest of captivities.

~ Phil Kaye

You must burn. Burn higher. Burn for everything you have ever wanted. For everything you have ever lost, for every crack in your heart and every fraction of every irreplaceable moment. Burn high for love. For fear. For life. Burn as fast and as long as you can. You must burn, burn higher. Because nothing in this world will kill you faster than a dying fire.

~ Mia Hollow

It is difficult to write a paradiso when all the superficial indications are that you ought to write an apocalypse.

~ Ezra Pound

The same hot lightning that burns your blood with passion–– cools your fears with peace.

~ Aberjhani

a joy that hurts with sadnessa sadness that is pleasurablea pleasure full of terrora terror that excitesan excitement that calmsa calmness that frightens.

~ Aidan Chambers

Foggy nights bring some comfort.He can get lost in the mistand there is no one to stare or question.

~ Susie Clevenger

Never fear the thing you feel-- Only by love is life made real

~ Sara Teasdale

How do I learn to speakwhen silence is all I know?

~ Susie Clevenger

He had not been able to see it in himself, but looking at Hungerford, he was able at least to speculate on the possibility that fear, raw, physical fear, had a kind of gift to give, too. Who but the terrified has heard his own heart pounding, listened to his own stertorous breathing, wishing that heart and lungs would be more quiet, and yet learning in their pulsation the lessons of rhythm and metrics? (Anagrams, p. 80)

~ David R. Slavitt

Do not be afraid, our fateCannot be taken from us, it is a gift.

~ Dante Alighieri

There will always be someone willing to hurt you, put you down, gossip about you, belittle your accomplishments and judge your soul. It is a fact that we all must face. However, if you realize that God is a best friend that stands beside you when others cast stones you will never be afraid, never feel worthless and never feel alone.

~ Shannon L. Alder

It’s OKAY to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave.

~ Mandy Hale

A man who is intimate with God is not intimidated by man.

~ Leonard Ravenhill

If you're waiting until you feel talented enough to make it, you'll never make it.

~ Criss Jami

Well, see, I think it's that most people don't like that lonely feeling. People don't like looking up and feeling small or lost. That's what I think prayer is all about. It doesn't matter which stories they believe in, they're all doing the same thing, kind of casting a line out to outer space, like there's something out there to connect to. It's like people make themselves part of something bigger that way, and maybe it makes them less afraid.

~ Craig Silvey

Whatever your passion is, keep doing it. Don't waste time chasing after success or comparing yourself to others. Every flower blooms at a different pace. Excel at doing what your passion is and only focus on perfecting it. Eventually people will see what you are great at doing, and if you are truly great, success will come chasing after you.

~ Suzy Kassem

There are 6 reasons that a person does anything: Love, faith, greed, boredom, fear... revenge.

~ Ally Carter

Always have faith in yourself and the universe, for one will not get you anywhere without the other. Both must be equally strong to reach your desires, for they are the wings that will lift you to your dreams.

~ Suzy Kassem

You are entitled to know that two entities occupy your body. One of these entities is motivated by and responds to the impulse of fear. The other is motivated by and responds to the impulse of faith. Will you be guided by faith or will you allow fear to overtake you?

~ Napoleon Hill

To fear is to have more faith in your antagonist than in Christ.

~ Dwight L. Moody

Love and faith are not common companions. More commonly power and fear consort with faith....Power is not to be crossed; one must respect and obey. Power means strength, whereas love is a human frailty the people mistrust. It is a sad fact of life that power and fear are the fountainheads of faith.

~ Saul D. Alinsky

I think this is what we all want to hear: that we are not alone in hitting the bottom, and that it is possible to come out of that place courageous, beautiful, and strong.

~ Anna White

This in essence is my goal. To set an example by doing what is good. If I live openly and honestly, I set an example of virtue, humanness, restoration, and healing. I give others permission to join me on my journey despite the fear of failure or the rejection it might elicit when they know they are not alone in their experience. The more of us who amass the courage to embark openly on this path, the more normal this experience becomes, effectively eliminating the tactic of shame and isolation that the enemy so often uses to cause us to falter.

~ Riisa Renee

Perchance you who pronounce my sentence are in greater fear than I who receive it.

~ Giordano Bruno

For many, the search for Jesus is initiated from experiencing an event in life so powerful, it awakens the dragons of faith; from pain so deep, it calls on the hidden fears of the soul in an effort to survive. For others it means a serious personal life survey that ultimately forces the confrontation with the futility, anesthetics, and despair in their lives.

~ W. Scott Lineberry

Faith has won it! Fear has lost it! When you get full of faith, the devil gets filled with fear! Keep your faith in light every day and you will keep the devil in fright always!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

There are six reasons anyone does anything: Love. Faith. Greed. Boredom. Fear... he said, ticking them off on his fingers; but he lingered on the last, drawing a deep breath before he said, Revenge.

~ Ally Carter

Fear is the ghost of ancient.It consumes faithless human.

~ Toba Beta

Even fear afraid of faith.

~ Toba Beta

Surrender is Serenity & a Bridge to Bliss.

~ Julieanne O'connor

Fear is a faint heart.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Without faith, we faint.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

You have two things of value: your monastery and your people. Translate the book for me, and I'll let you keep one. Which will it be?

~ Faith Erin Hicks

Holy Faith is fear for God.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Never let fear control you, let faith take control.

~ Gift Gugu Mona

If I am not at 'peace', then I can be altogether confident that I've placed a larger 'piece' of myself in the hands of someone other than God.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Do not lose faith, it only lead to fear.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita