Fear Quotes

Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.

Chet Atkins

We manage the fear, I manage the fear, but it certainly takes its toll, the strain does.

Christiane Amanpour

One of the most gratifying things I get as an artist is when people watch me do these different demonstrations, and they in some way feel empowered by what I'm doing so they can confront their own fears. Maybe it's the fear of getting in an elevator;...

Criss Angel

The pressure to compete, the fear somebody else will make the splash first, creates a frenzied environment in which a blizzard of information is presented and serious questions may not be raised.

Carl Bernstein

Like any mum, I fear some mysterious illness befalling my children.

Cate Blanchett

People who say, 'There's nothing to fear from spiders' have clearly never been to Australia.

Cate Blanchett

For me, it was never a question of whether or not I was transgender. It was a question of what I'd be able to handle transitioning and having to do it in the public eye. One of the issues that was hard for me to overcome was the fear of that.

Chaz Bono

I have a fear of being boring.

Christian Bale

In school, my biggest fear was that I couldn't produce emotion on cue.

Christian Borle

Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.

Christian Nestell Bovee

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

Christian Nestell Bovee

I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.

Clara Barton

A lot of interviewers are looking for the dark side. They want to know about the depths of your despair and fear.

Clare Balding

One way of watering down the effects of violence is to approach it in a more lighthearted way. I don't mean to say that you laugh when somebody has their arm sawn off, but you can diffuse fear with humour.

Colin Baker

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

Corrie Ten Boom

In a lot of Western science fiction, you need some form of conflict, whether it's aliens or robots. I think in Western culture, being more suspicious of science, and hubris, you'll see a lot of fear of creating something that goes out of control.

Cynthia Breazeal

When you gain 50 pounds during pregnancy like I did, you fear that you'll never get back in shape.

Charisma Carpenter

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

Charles Caleb Colton

In spite of your fear, do what you have to do.

Chin-Ning Chu

Organizations that can diminish fear are those that are able to motivate, create, and innovate.

Chip Conley

I definitely have a fear of spiders. Don't we want to embrace our fears?

Christa Campbell