In this life struggle, here I am among you fully cognizant that a true believer has no fear of what God has ordained for him. Those who are visited by fear live only for their present, under the illusion that the world began with them and will end with their departure.

Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale.

My biggest fear as a fighter is to be knocked out in front of millions of people. But after it actually happened, there's this calmness about you that says everything is OK.

Another parent's different approach raises the possibility that you've made a mistake with your child. We simply can't tolerate that because we fear that any mistake, no matter how minor, could have devastating consequences. So we proclaim the superiority of our own choices. We've lost sight of the fact that people have preferences.

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

Without the compassionate understanding of the fear and trepidation that lie behind courageous speech, we are bound only to our arrogance.

A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.

So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to master nowadays: to look at things without fear, and to fearlessly do right.

I am profoundly fascinated by cruelty, fear, horror and death. My films show my preoccupation with violence, the pathology of violence.

My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.

I can't understand people calling themselves religious and being hateful. If a preacher is preaching hate, to fear God that's not religion, that's not helping humanity, that's organizing an army to defeat somebody.

We all have a fear of the unknown what one does with that fear will make all the difference in the world.

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.

I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep.

An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.

When people are crass or loudmouthed, it's not because they don't give a damn. It's from fear and insecurity.

In time we hate that which we often fear.

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.

It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?

For me, it's not necessarily interesting to play a strong, fearless woman. It's interesting to play a woman who is terrified and then overcomes that fear. It's about the journey. Courage is not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it.

We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

The mind of America is seized by a fatal dry rot - and it's only a question of time before all that the mind controls will run amuck in a frenzy of stupid, impotent fear.

Don't be afraid to see what you see.

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

For most of us, relationship with another is based on dependence, either economic or psychological. This dependence creates fear, breeds in us possessiveness, results in friction, suspicion, frustration.

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.

Yes, there is a terrible moral in 'Dorian Gray' - a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy. Is this an artistic error? I fear it is. It is the only error in the book.

Because the biological mechanisms that affect our health and well-being are so dynamic, when people change their diet and lifestyle, they usually feel so much better, so quickly; it reframes the reason for changing from fear of dying to joy of living. Also, the support that patients give each other is a powerful motivator.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

If you can't relax during your interview, then nothing you do to prepare will matter. Being yourself is essential to the selection process, and interviewers will feel it if you're too nervous. Showing fear or anxiety appears weak compared to a relaxed smile and genuine confidence.

On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we're going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future.

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.

You may be educated abroad, you may be a great scientist, politician, but you always have a sneaking fear that if you don't go to temples or do the ordinary things that you have been told to do, something evil might happen, so you conform. What happens to the mind that conforms? Investigate it, please.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.