F Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with F. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Fear is a cloak which old men huddle about their love, as if to keep it warm.”
Source: The Poems of William Wordsworth
“Fear is a cold bastard. The only way to overcome it is to act—to take the first step and just move forward.”
Source: Cobweb Bride
“Fear is a collection of physical responses, I told myself.
Fear is accelerated heartbeats and rapid breaths and sweaty palms. Fear is a doorway to anger, and anger is a doorway to power.”
Source: The Serpent and the Wings of Night
“Fear is a communicable disease; it comes out in the sweat and passes from host to host. Fear is an incendiary agent; it combusts with stupidity.”
Source: Hemlock Grove
“Fear is a confession of weakness. What you fear is stronger than you, or you think it is, else you wouldn't be afraid of it.”
Source: The Collected Works of Lucy Maud Montgomery: 20 Novels & 170+ Short Stories, Poems, Letters and Memoirs (Including The Complete Anne Shirley Series, Chronicles of Avonlea & Emily Starr Trilogy): Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of Windy Poplars, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside, Emily of New Moon, The Story Girl, The Golden Road, Pat of Silver Bush, The Blue Castle & many more
“Fear is a constant, and faith is a choice. Fear comes from karma, from faith arises dharma.”
Source: Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana
“Fear is a dagger with which hypocrisy assassinates the soul.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“Fear is a dangerous thing. Once it is sanctioned by the state there is no telling where it might lead. It is always a short path to walk from being suspicious of our fellow citizens to taking actions to restrict their liberty.”
“Fear is a destructive emotion that can deal a fatal blow to any attempt on your part to build total self-confidence. If you allow your fears to run your life, it will be impossible to create the life you truly desire.”
“Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.”
Source: My Lord, what a Morning: An Autobiography
“Fear is a distorting mirror in which anything can appear as a caricature of itself, stretched to terrible proportions; once inflamed, the imagination pursues the craziest and most unlikely possibilities. What is most absurd suddenly seems the most probable.”
Source: The Post Office Girl
“fear is a dreadful drawback because it stops us living in the moment.”
“Fear is a faint heart.”
“Fear is a feeling that is stronger than love.”
“Fear is a fire to temper courage and resolve. Use it so.”
Source: A Knight Of The Word: The Word and the Void: Book Two
“Fear is a fog that burns away with the first footsteps of love....”
“Fear is a fog that burns with the first footsteps of love”
“Fear is a force that sharpens your senses. Being afraid is a state of paralysis in which you can't do anything.”
“Fear is a friend who's misunderstood”
“Fear is a funny thing.... The very instinct designed to protect us also holds us back.”
Source: Do It Scared: Finding the Courage to Face Your Fears, Overcome Adversity, and Create a Life You Love
“Fear is a funny unpredictable thing.”
Source: Himalayan Heist: an Alex and James wildlife adventure in Nepal
“Fear is a garden, fertile as Eden before the Fall.”
Source: The Mapmaker's Daughter
“Fear is a ghost; embrace your fear, and all you’ll see in your arms is yourself.”
Source: Dancing After Hours: Stories
“Fear is a good thing because it keeps you alive, but if it becomes so great that it hinders you from doing what you want, you need to confront it head-on”
“Fear is a good thing. It mean you're paying attention.”
Source: Protector of the Small Quartet
“Fear is a great instructor.”
“Fear is a great motivator.”
“Fear is a great motivator. Look at what 9-11 has accomplished - My god. It's slammed the economy, It's - I can't even begin to detail all it's actually done, other than bring down the buildings and hit the Pentagon. It's stunned the entire nation.”
“Fear is a great robber of power. It paralyzes the thinking faculties, ruins spontaneity, enthusiasm, and self confidence. It has a blighting effect upon all one's thoughts, moods, and efforts. It destroys ambition and efficiency.”
Source: The Miracle of Right Thought
“Fear is a great tutor.”
Source: Sleep Debt
“Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.”
“Fear is a habit like any other, and habits kill what is essential in ourselves. I was left with a kind of blankness, Jeffers, from those years of being afraid.”
Source: Second Place
“Fear is a habit, so is self pity, defeat, anxiety, despair, hopelessness and resignation. You can eliminate all of these negative habits with two simple resolves: I can and I will.”
“Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.”
Source: The Voice of Hope
“Fear is a hammer, and when the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a frayed thread, they will be led where they need to go.”
Source: The Good Guy
“Fear is a hard thing to deal with. I feel it quite strongly. If I think something is important enough, I'll make myself do it in spite of fear. But it can really sap the will. I hate fear, I wish I had it less.”
“Fear is a healthy instinct, not a sign of weakness. It is a natural self-defense mechanism that is common to felines, wolves, hyenas, and most humans. Even fruit bats know fear, and I salute them for it. If you think the world is weird now, imagine how weird it would be if wild beasts had no fear.”
Source: Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the F
“Fear is a healthy part of success.”
“Fear, is a horrible place to live in, and much worse die in.”
“Fear is a huge thing for older people.”
“Fear is a human instinct, just like hunger. Whether you like it or not, you become hungry. Similarly with fear. But I have learned to train myself to live with the fear.”
“Fear is a hurdle that stops the expression”
Source: Poems from the Depths of a Gay Heart
“Fear is a killer, when it comes to the creative process.”
“Fear is a lack of love, just as darkness is a lack of light.”
“Fear is a learned reaction that we can unlearn with practice and with changing our perceptions. When we don’t know how to swim, we fear jumping in a deep pond. If we know how to swim, we enjoy the jump.”
“Fear is a lethal killer of dreams, the greatest cancer that has beset passion, and a ruthless thief of lives stolen and buried in the decay of lives squandered. Yet the greatest tragedy of all is that the fear that destroys us is rarely the monster it pretends to be, nor does it possess anything close to the power that we grant it. Therefore, it is only a killer, a cancer and a thief because we empower it to be so.”
“Fear is a liar and a good one at that, Fear feeds on self doubt and insecurities both internal and external. Know this, optimism, faith, and resilience are like penicillin to fear if it has been allowed in. But the best course of action is to not feed it in the first place.”
“Fear is a liar. It whispers doubt, but it cannot dictate your destiny”
Source: FARLEY STREET: A Supernatural Adventure of Self-Discovery, Cosmic Battles, and Paranormal Romance
“Fear is a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life.”
Source: A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life
“Fear is a negative thought in your mind. Supplant it with a constructive thought. Fear has killed millions. Confidence is greater than fear. Nothing is more powerful than faith in God and the good.”
Source: The Power of Your Subconscious Mind: Unlock the Secrets Within