“Arise, and be not afraid.”
The Bible (Matthew 17:7)

200 FAMOUS QUOTES · FEAR
Read the best fear quotes from Shakespeare, Seneca, the Bible, Emerson and more, with timeless words to help you face your fears and find courage.
“Arise, and be not afraid.”
The Bible (Matthew 17:7)
“For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear.”
The Bible (Romans 8:15)
“Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.”
The Bible (Psalm 55:5)
“The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.”
The Bible (Proverbs 10:24)
“Abide thou with me, fear not.”
The Bible (1 Samuel 22:23)
“Fear ye not, neither be afraid.”
The Bible (Isaiah 44:8)
“I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation.”
The Bible (Genesis 46:3)
“Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it; fear not, neither be discouraged.”
The Bible (Deuteronomy 1:21)
“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
Edgar Allan Poe
“And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain thrilled me - filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before.”
Edgar Allan Poe
“True! - nervous - very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?”
Edgar Allan Poe
“I dread the events of the future, not in themselves, but in their results.”
Edgar Allan Poe
“I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend.”
Mary Shelley
“I am Dracula; and I bid you welcome.”
Bram Stoker
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.”
William Shakespeare
“Good things of day begin to droop and drowse, whiles night's black agents to their preys do rouse.”
William Shakespeare
“I have supp'd full with horrors.”
William Shakespeare
“Angels and ministers of grace defend us!”
William Shakespeare
“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”
William Shakespeare
“Beware the ides of March.”
William Shakespeare
“Hell is empty, and all the devils are here.”
William Shakespeare
“One need not be a chamber to be haunted, one need not be a house; the brain has corridors surpassing material place.”
Emily Dickinson
“Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!”
Lewis Carroll
“I shudder to recall it.”
Virgil
“Exit, pursued by a bear.”
William Shakespeare