William Faulkner Quotes

I am pretty fearless, and you know why? Because I don't handle fear very well; I'm not a good terrified person.

Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.

You can't be afraid until you have no other option but to be afraid.

Don't be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything.

Let's not be afraid of anything that can't really hurt us.

When I decided to stay in Iraq, I decided to take the fear out of my body and put it into a freezer.

Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.

I could never say that fear really gets to me. I'm not one of those fighters like Nigel Benn who says, 'I thrive on fear.' I walk through fear.

The only thing that can combat fear is action. And there's two actions. There's fight and flight.

You don't have to be fearless to do anything, you can be scared out of your mind.

Now, don't be angry after you've been afraid. That's the worst kind of cowardice.

Fear has its use, but cowardice has none. I may not put my finger into the jaws of a snake, but the very sight of the snake need not strike terror into me.

My father says that fear is good; it's the body's alarm system, it warns us of danger. But sometimes danger can't be avoided, and then you have to forget about being afraid.

Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's about getting up one more time than we fall down.

I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared.

Never run when you're scared. Rule 7.

Overcoming fear doesn't have to be skydiving, if you're afraid of heights. Overcoming fear is an everyday thing. We do it all day long.

Fear not, provided you fear; but if you fear not, then fear.

It's all right to be afraid. You just don't let it stop you from doing your job.

You want to be a hero? Learn to create certainty in the face of fear.

Somehow or another, my mother taught me to push through my fear, always. Feel the fear and do it anyway.

I ignore my fear. When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn't exist.

Don't try to be unafraid. That is impossible. Rather, go ahead while being afraid. That is the entire secret for abolishing fear. The Supermind teaches us to have no self-concern at all. Whatever happens to you, act as though it happened to someone else.

The experience of overcoming fear is extraordinarily delightful.

A man that is not afraid of a Lion is afraid of a Cat .