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“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”
James Neil Hollingworth (1933–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in K. Patrick Malone, Inside a Haunted Mind (2008) p. 167
“Don’t fear pain, Dymek,” he said. “Fear…losing your purpose, losing your family, losing yourself. Those things are worse than pain.”
Veronica Roth (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The image of that dying leprosy patient was burning me like a branding iron and would not give me a moment’s rest. From that moment on I was out to conquer fear....Where there is fear there is no love. Where there is no love there is no God.”
Baba Amte (1914–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am upset I am very much disappointed when I see within myself a wrong image of myself.... A man can live without fingers, but he cannot live without self-respect....That is why I took up leprosy work. Not to help anyone but to overcome that fear in my life. That it worked out good for others is a byproduct. But the fact is I did it to overcome fear.”
Baba Amte (1914–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Power without the fear of enquiry is like pickles without salt that would degenerate into a pit of worms. The fear of enquiry is the body guard of power administration.”
D. V. Gundappa (1887–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We know God well, we don't fear dying but we fear only standing in front of God. but as we are sure we are on the right way, there is no problem.”
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (born 1954) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks by el-Sisi during a military conference (28 April 2013).
“Our base philosophy is to never fear cannibalization. If we do, somebody else will just cannibalize it. We never fear it.”
Tim Cook (born 1960) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: At Apple's 2013 Q1 earnings call (2013-01-23)
“In a culture, you can choose fear or love. It’s been my experience and my observation that humans on this planet feel more comfortable with fear rather than love and openness... I do know what history tells us about humans. And humans, they actually don’t feel very comfortable with openness and freedom.”
RuPaul (born 1960) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Doug Rule in RuPaul: Ultimate Queen (2016)
“Wealthy people used to find democracy frightening. The reason was simple: the poor, once enfranchised, should be expected to soak the rich. This fear bred elite resistance to expanding the franchise, particularly beyond the propertied classes. Nor did this fear, and the reasoning behind it, go unnoticed on the political left.”
Ian Shapiro (born 1956) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ian Shapiro, Peter A. Swenson, and Daniela Donno, "Introduction" in Divide and deal : the politics of distribution in democracies (2008) edited by Ian Shapiro, Peter A. Swenson, and Daniela Donno.
“It's all just fear and distraction. Fear will get people into our Virtual Panopticon and then we'll keep them happy. People will be free to take antidepressant drugs, go into debt, and stare at their television sets. Society might seem disorganized, but it will be very stable. Every few years we'll pick a different mannequin to give speeches from the White House Rose Garden.”
John Twelve Hawks (born 2000) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is only the fear of God, can deliver us from the fear of man.”
John Witherspoon (1723–1794) said by 1794 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Rodney, whatever is the opposite of philosophy?” “My dear, the opposite of philosophy is terror.” “Terror? You mean fear of death?” I asked. “I don’t think so...” “Fear of what, then?” “Of never having lived.”
Andrea Lewis (writer) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Empire Pool” Conclave: A Journal of Character, Issue 5, (Spring, 2013)
“Why did they force us to close the banks? To instil fear in people. And spreading fear is called terrorism.”
Yanis Varoufakis (born 1961) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Yanis Varoufakis accuses creditors of terrorism ahead of Greek referendum", The Guardian (4 July 2015)
“My dad died, and my grandfather died, and my great-grandfather died. And the guy before him, I don't know. Probably died. … I come from a long line of death. That's my point. And so I fear it. I fear it a lot.”
Norm Macdonald (1959–2021) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Comedy gold: Norm Macdonald's Me Doing Standup" by Leo Benedictus, The Guardian (6 September 2013)
“I have not served God for fear of Hell, for I should be like a wretched hireling, If I did it for fear: nor for love of Paradise, for I should be a bad servant if I served for the sake of what was given, but I have served Him only for the love of Him and out of desire for Him.”
Rabia of Basra (710–801) said by 801 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When a castaway collapses from hunger and thirst it is fear of physical want rather than a real want, they say. Defeat begins with the fear that one has lost.”
Kōbō Abe (1924–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You know I believe we all begin equal parts light and dark. I fear you think your strength lies in your darkness. But the measure of a man is not the fear he sows in his enemies. It is the hope he gives his friends.”
Pierce Brown (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People say to me all the time, "You have no fear." I tell them, "No, that's not true. I'm scared all the time. You have to have fear in order to have courage. I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person.”
Ronda Rousey (born 1987) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ronda Rousey: What I've Learned", in Esquire.com (26 December 2012)
“The man who doesn’t fear, doesn’t live long. I fear everything.”
Leigh Brackett (1915–1978) said by 1978 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The fear of ill exceeds the evil we fear.”
Edward Fairfax (1580–1635) said by 1635 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully.”
Frances Moore Lappé (born 1944) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: , May 2004
“Her amber eyes burned into mine with all the hate and loathing she could muster. Underneath, though, she was terrified. Hate and loathing didn't bother me, but fear was a powerful emotion. Fear causes the dog to bite and Roze was one bitch.”
Maria V. Snyder (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The rule of law is not an exception to rule by fear; it is the fulfillment of rule by fear.”
Corey Robin (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hobbesian state power was not intended for greatness, but to curtail challenges from below. It succeeded when its subjects merely stood still or got out of its way. Their immobility was the outward sign of their fear ... a fear all the more potent for the minimal power that aroused it.”
Corey Robin (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I thought I could plainly trace the hand of God, without whose permission a sparrow cannot fall. I began to raise my fear from man to him alone, and to call daily on his holy name with fear and reverence: and I trust he heard my supplications, and graciously condescended to answer me according to his holy word, and to implant the seeds of piety in me, even one of the meanest of his creatures.”
Olaudah Equiano (1745–1797) said by 1797 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Of course fear does not automatically lead to courage. Injury does not necessarily lead to insight. Hardship will not automatically make us better. Pain can break us or make us wiser. Suffering can destroy us or make us stronger. Fear can cripple us, or it can make us more courageous. It is resilience that makes the difference.”
Eric Greitens (born 1974) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Eric Greitens: How To Became A Resilient Leader (March 10, 2015)
“Don't fear for your life, fear for your honor.”
Aleksey Mozgovoy (1975–2015) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in Lugansk, March 14, 2014. Video available on ok.ru.
“Those who commit no wrong have nothing to fear. Malaysia is a free country. We should not fear the midnight knock of the policeman.”
Tommy Thomas (born 1952) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tommy Thomas (2018) cited in "Citizens no longer need fear the ‘midnight knock of the policeman’, says new A-Gr" on The Malaysian Insight, 6 June 2018.
“It was quite revelatory about the indescribable fear that engulfs authoritarian leaders when confronted with opponents who persevere despite persecution. How acute must Mr. Erdogan’s fear be?”
Selahattin Demirtaş (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There was some fear-based buying that would take place from time to time. There is no fear-based buying right now.”
P. James Debney (born 1965) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Investor conference call, December 2017 (; ; ; ; ; ).
“Now I just want you guys to remember that not everything is as it seems and that fear is an enemy that affects all of us in some way but when you are willing to remember that permission is for pansies, to summon your swagger, and to forget the failure, you can win your match against fear anytime.”
Torrie Wilson (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the end, however, the success of a rebellion depends on the crossing of a fear barrier by enough people, not simply the small group of dedicated dissidents. A judgment that the risk is worth it and the rebellion might actually succeed. [...] It is at this point, when fear is gone, that whole nations say no. And it is when tyrants fall.”
Peter Beaumont (journalist) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: How dictators fall" The Observer (2 March 2011).
“Psychologists have studied the dynamics of what advertisers call “fear appeals,” and they have found that while fear is very good at getting our attention, it’s not very good at keeping it. For that, the scary stuff must be followed by solutions that are small enough to be practical but large enough to be meaningful.”
Michelle Nijhuis (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Suspended between fear of the past and fear of the future, I recorded the dream in my journal. Then, without any explanation, as if the connection between the two were obvious, I wrote, I don’t understand why I wasn’t allowed to get a decent education as a child.”
Tara Westover (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Over generations, love of the maji turned into fear. Fear turned into hate. Hate transformed into violence, a desire to wipe the maji away.”
Tomi Adeyemi (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People who fear greatly can sometimes substitute themselves for the thing they fear”
Tsitsi Dangarembga (born 1959) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This Mournable Body (2018)
“When we consider how the anti-terrorism act and other laws passed in 1994-97 have imposed fear and suffering, we have to ask: who are the real terrorists? If terrorism means the systematic use of intense fear as a means of coercion, we can look at Latino immigrants (not to mention others) and find appalling examples of such victimization.”
Elizabeth Martinez (1925–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“…The resistance to English, the fear of English, has made us bad readers of English literature, because of our fear of contaminating the Spanish language, of losing it in the avalanche of North American influence…”
Luis Rafael Sánchez (born 1936) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On some people’s resistance to reading English literature in “Luis Rafael Sánchez: Counterpoints" (Sargasso, 1984)
“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”
Adam Silvera (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is our country…remember this is our country. Our ancestors gave life for the freedom of this country.’ ‘…If you want to create fear, then create the fear of Allah…’ ‘…We will fight for our rights, and we are not saying that we will bring stars from the sky or bring land from the moon. What we are saying is that Majilis flag would waver in the land of Nanpara in Uttar Pradesh.’”
Asaduddin Owaisi (born 1969) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in 2021, quoted in Asaduddin Owaisi asks Muslims to create fear of Allah, says Ulemas issued fatwa prescribing Jihad against British
“Fear has a useful function: it concentrates the mind. And the appropriate reaction is to work to understand the thing that is causing the fear whether it’s a large fish or anything else. This way both parties are more likely to survive the encounter unscathed.”
Jeremy Wade (born 1956) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Q&A: Jeremy Wade, Host of ‘River Monsters’(October 5, 2012)
“I used to think that comedy came from wanting acceptance, wanting to be liked. Now I know differently. I know it's all down to fear. Fear, ladies and gentlemen, is the only true comedian in town.”
Ian Rankin (born 1960) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Only True Comedian (2000)
“I don't fear being outspoken. The only thing I fear is losing my sense of integrity or losing sight of the values on which I guide my life. So I don't think it's particularly brave or unusual for me to speak out.”
Constance Wu (born 1982) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Constance Wu Opens Up About Activism and Speaking Up For What’s Right" in Teen Vogue (27 February 2017)
“If we’re talking about purely historical content, I think having an understanding of one another definitely bridges certain gaps. I think this hate stems from fear, and if we can have that connection and historical factual sense of belonging and being here, I feel it would bridge certain gaps of hate and fear that we all live with today. At least we're trying to create progress in a larger way.”
Brian Tee (born 1977) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Brian Tee's Prescription for Greater AAPI Representation on Television" in Multichannel News (213 December 2008)
“As I listened to some of you today, I was struck by this push to presume that these provisions would somehow be manipulated or used by people in ways that would hurt existing sex protections. It occurred to me that we are talking about fear versus love; we are talking about fear versus freedom.”
Pramila Jayapal (born 1965) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: April 2, 2019, during a hearing on the Equality Act
“As young girl, it is important to be focused. The young girl should not fear. The Holy Bible has fear not written in it multiple times.”
Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fear is a whip of God for the undisciplined devotee. When the fear of God enters into the heart, it turns the flask of the heart into pieces.”
Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki (1173–1236) said by 1236 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The best sign of a man's goodness is neither to fear nor to owe anything, and the clearest sign of his badness is neither to fear nor to pay.”
Francisco de Quevedo (1584–1645) said by 1645 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is not the thing that we fear the most that crushes us but that which we have failed to fear.”
Chika Unigwe (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think dancers are paid not for what they do, but for the fear they feel. What you do is probably not that difficult: you just get on stage. It is, however, fear that gives you the push.”
Rudolf Nureyev (1938–1993) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Gervaso, Roberto. La mosca al naso, Rizzoli Editore (1980)