“The coward calls himself cautious.”
Publilius Syrus
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Fear Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · FEAR
Fear Quotes
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.
“We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears.”
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
HopeHuman Nature
“He who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.”
Seneca
WorryStoicism
“Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.”
Voltaire
GuiltConscience
“Fear not, but let your hands be strong.”
The Bible (Zechariah 8:13)
StrengthEncouragement
“And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth.”
The Bible (Matthew 25:25)
Wasted PotentialRegret
“I have a key in my bosom, called Promise, that will, I am persuaded, open any lock in Doubting Castle.”
John Bunyan
HopeDespair
“All hope abandon, ye who enter in!”
Dante Alighieri
DreadSpooky
“It was fear that first made gods in the world.”
Statius
ReligionPhilosophy
“There is no fear for him whose thought is untroubled, whose mind is not perplexed, who has ceased to think of good or evil, who is watchful.”
Buddha
MindfulnessPeace Of Mind
“He who knows the bliss of Brahman, from whence all speech, with the mind, turns away unable to reach it, he fears nothing.”
The Upanishads
SpiritualityFearlessness
“Fearlessness, singleness of soul, the will always to strive for wisdom; opened hand and governed appetites.”
The Bhagavad Gita
VirtueFearlessness
“Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted.”
The Bible (Isaiah 7:4)
CalmFaith
“Lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid.”
The Bible (Isaiah 40:9)
Speaking UpBoldness
“I'll speak to it, though hell itself should gape and bid me hold my peace.”
William Shakespeare
BoldnessGhosts
“Conscience is but a word that cowards use, devised at first to keep the strong in awe.”
William Shakespeare
ConscienceVillains
“Shadows to-night have struck more terror to the soul of Richard than can the substance of ten thousand soldiers.”
William Shakespeare
GuiltNightmares
“It is the bright day that brings forth the adder; and that craves wary walking.”
William Shakespeare
CautionDanger
“Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.”
William Shakespeare
Hard TimesFunny
“Thou canst not say I did it: never shake thy gory locks at me.”
William Shakespeare
GuiltGhosts
“Why, this is hell, nor am I out of it.”
Christopher Marlowe
DespairDark
“Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.”
The Bible (Genesis 35:17)
ComfortChildbirth
“Peace be to you, fear not.”
The Bible (Genesis 43:23)
PeaceComfort
“Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.”
The Bible (Exodus 20:20)
FaithTesting
“Ye shall not fear them: for the Lord your God he shall fight for you.”
The Bible (Deuteronomy 3:22)
ProtectionFaith