Fear Quotes - Afraid Quotes ... and Courage Quotes

I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. I have accepted fear as a part of life--specifically the fear of change, the fear of the unknown; and I have gone ahead despite the pounding in my heart that says: turn back, turn back, you'll die if you venture too far.

Erica Mann Jong

Fate loves the fearless.

In Latin: Fortes fortuna juvat or Audaces fortuna juvat.


Mankind owns four things that are no good at sea - rudder, anchor, oars, and the fear of going down.
Antonio Machado

Who sees all being in his own self, and his own self in all beings, loses all fear (Isa Upanishad)

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.
Krishnamurti

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?" Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God; your playing small doesn't serve the world.(Marianne Williamson, quoted by Nelson Mandella in his inaugural speech)


Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.
Ambrose Redmoon

Our deepest fears are like dragons guarding our deepest treasure. (Rainier Maria Rilke)

Who is brave and bold will perish;
Who is brave and subtle will benefit.
The subtle profit where the bold perish
For Fate does not honour daring.
And even the sage dares not tempt fate.
Fate does not attack, yet all things are conquered by it;
It does not ask, yet all things answer to it;
It does not call, yet all things meet it;
It does not plan, yet all things are determined by it.
Fate's net is vast and its mesh is coarse,
Yet none escape it.
Tao Te Ching

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
Jim Morrison

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
Mark Twain

Don’t be afraid. Take Risks. There’s really nothing to be afraid of. … Because the really important things in my life have been utterly unpredictable and unavoidable. … Relax and plunge into life.
Isabel Allende in Wintergasten