Fear Quotes
The thing that stops us and, when faced, the thing that frees us. Both sides explored here.
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"Fear is the greatest obstacle to progress."Daniel Defoe
"Fear is the mind's false perception."Daniel Defoe
"Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt."Laurence Sterne
"Fear knocked on the door; faith answered; no one was there."Laurence Sterne
"We are often most terrified by what we do not understand."Ann Radcliffe
"Fear is the compass pointing toward our greatest growth."Ann Radcliffe
"The presence of a policeman or a priest puts even the guiltless in fear."Stendhal
"Fear is the offspring of ignorance."Henry Fielding
"Fear diminishes in the presence of knowledge and courage."Henry Fielding
"Fear is the darkest room in the human heart."Daniel Defoe
"The greatest mistake is imagining the worst."Daniel Defoe
"Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt."Laurence Sterne
"Fear dissolves when we choose to understand rather than imagine."Ann Radcliffe
"Fear is merely the shadow of courage waiting to be born."Ann Radcliffe
"A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit."Stendhal
"What we fear most is often what we most need to face."Stendhal
"Fear is but an illusion of the mind—courage its antidote."Frances Burney
"Fear is the passion which is strongest in the human breast."Daniel Defoe
"Anger is a short madness."Jonathan Swift
"Fear often grows larger in the darkness of ignorance than in the light of truth."Ann Radcliffe
"We are more often afraid than hurt."Samuel Johnson
"I have an absolute dread of writing to strangers."Frances Burney
"Fear is the prison we construct with our own thoughts."Henry Fielding
"Fear whispers lies; courage speaks truth."Henry Fielding
"I am fully convinced that it is the fear of offending which makes the generality of people lose their independence of mind."Mary Wollstonecraft
"Fear is the father of cruelty."Daniel Defoe
"Fear is conquered by facing it directly."Eliza Haywood
"Fear is merely an illusion we have accepted."Eliza Haywood
"Fear is the mind's greatest enemy."Aphra Behn
"Fear is the tool of a man who rules through the shadows."Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley