Fear Quotes

The thing that stops us and, when faced, the thing that frees us. Both sides explored here.

16356 quotes

A
"To fear death is to refuse to truly live."
Antoninus Pius
A
"To understand fear is the first step toward mastering it."
Antoninus Pius
C
"The fear of death is worse than death itself."
Cato the Elder
C
"Fear is the most honest emotion—all others are lies."
Commodus
D
"Those who fear change fear life itself."
Diocletian
T
"I fear nothing but my own failure"
Trajan
T
"Fear is the enemy within; defeat it first"
Trajan
S
"The man who fears death has already lost the battle to life."
Septimius Severus
D
"Men fear what they do not understand."
Domitian
D
"Fear is the foundation upon which empires stand."
Domitian
C
"The fear in a man's eyes is more intoxicating than wine."
Commodus
C
"To fear is to show the weakness that invites destruction."
Commodus
"A man who does not face his fears is no true warrior."
Vespasian
"Fear is the enemy of reason and progress."
Vespasian
H
"I have learned that fear is often the greatest enemy."
Hadrian
"Fear is the path to the dark side."
Nero
T
"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality."
Titus
T
"Men are afraid of things because they have not understood them."
Titus
A
"Fear of the unknown is natural; surrendering to it is not."
Antoninus Pius
A
"Fear is the prison we build in our own minds."
Antoninus Pius
D
"Fear is the most efficient tool of governance, yet it corrodes from within."
Domitian
D
"What men fear, they eventually come to hate."
Domitian
D
"The crown sits uneasily upon the head of one who fears his own shadow."
Domitian
C
"Men fear what they cannot control, and I am precisely that which cannot be controlled."
Commodus
C
"Fear is the chain that binds the free."
Claudius
C
"Fear is the enemy of progress."
Claudius
"Fear is the mind's way of preparing us for challenge; embrace it, do not flee it."
Vespasian
T
"Fear is simply love protecting what it holds dear."
Titus
"Remember always that the conspiracy against you has not ceased."
Caligula
"Fear is the path to the dark side."
Caligula