Fear Quotes

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

16356 quotes

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"Fear multiplies when we give it our attention."
Henrik Ibsen
B
"Fear is the greatest teacher of what truly matters."
Boris Pasternak
B
"Fear is the compass pointing toward what matters most."
Boris Pasternak
N
"Fear is the enemy of progress."
Nikolai Gogol
M
"The fear of offending has prevented many of the greatest truths from being uttered."
Maxim Gorky
A
"In the depths of my heart lies a wound—I am afraid to touch it."
Anna Akhmatova
A
"There are things which we dare not contemplate, which we dare not undertake."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
A
"A man who is not afraid is not normal. He is either a madman or a saint."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"Fear is the most powerful weapon."
Mikhail Lermontov
M
"Fear is the master of fools."
Mikhail Lermontov
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"Fear is the mind's way of preparing for loss."
Vladimir Nabokov
A
"Fear is the enemy of progress."
Aleksandr Pushkin
N
"We fear most deeply what we do not understand."
Nikolai Gogol
B
"I could show you fear in a handful of dust."
Boris Pasternak
B
"Fear is the mind's way of taking us seriously."
Boris Pasternak
M
"Fear is the parent of cruelty."
Maxim Gorky
I
"Fear is the enemy of progress."
Ivan Turgenev
A
"If you fear something, you give it power over you."
Anton Chekhov
M
"We fear death less than we fear an unlived life."
Mikhail Lermontov
N
"We are drawn to what frightens us most."
Nikolai Gogol
N
"We are enslaved by what we fear most."
Nikolai Gogol
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"Fear is the mother of cruelty"
Fyodor Dostoevsky
M
"Fear is the greatest prison; freedom comes from facing what terrifies us."
Maxim Gorky
M
"Fear loses its power when we turn to face it directly and honestly."
Maxim Gorky
I
"Fear is the mind's way of protecting what it values."
Ivan Turgenev
I
"Fear often protects us from what we truly need to learn."
Ivan Turgenev
A
"Fear is often the shadow of our greatest desires."
Aleksandr Pushkin
M
"Fear is the compass of the coward."
Mikhail Lermontov
M
"We become what we fear most."
Mikhail Lermontov
N
"Fear is but the shadow of courage cast in darkness."
Nikolai Gogol