Quotes On: Fear

I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.

Those who own much have much to fear.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

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

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

A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.

I'm afraid to fail again.

The ads all call me fearless, but that's just publicity. Anyone who thinks I'm not scared out of my mind whenever I do one of my stunts is crazier than I am.

The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.