Ambrose Bierce Quotes

Fear is the mind-killer.

Fear is a force that sharpens your senses. Being afraid is a state of paralysis in which you can't do anything.

The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.

There is nothing to fear except fear it's self.

A life lived in fear is a life half lived.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

The only thing I am afraid of is fear.

To back away from fear is the worst thing you can do. Fear shows.

Being brave doesn't mean you aren't scared. Being brave means you are scared, really scared, badly scared, and you do the right thing anyway.

So you were going to rescue the Prince! Why did you pretend to run away? To deceive the Witch?" "Not likely! I'm a coward. Only way I can do something this frightening is to tell myself I'm not doing it!

There's no shame in fear. But understand this - the coward is ruled by fear, while the hero rides it like a wild stallion.

The next time you encounter fear, consider yourself lucky. This is where the courage comes in. Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear. When I was first married, my husband said I was one of the bravest people he knew. When I asked him why, he said because I was a complete coward but went ahead and did things anyhow.

Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.

Fear is a sprit that really can stop you from living.

I believe there is no other difference between those who are called courageous and those who are branded craven than that the second are fearful before the danger and the first after it. No one can be much frightened, certainly, during a period of great and immanent peril -- the mind is too much concentrated on the thing itself, and on the actions necessary to meet or avoid it. The coward is a coward, then, because he has brought his fear with him; persons we think cowardly will sometimes amaze us by their bravery, if they have had no forewarning of their danger.

Being terrified but going ahead and doing what must be done—that's courage. The one who feels no fear is a fool, and the one who lets fear rule him is a coward.

Fear is only good when you have a choice in things.

Worry is a state of mind based upon fear. It works slowly, but persistently. It is insidious and subtle. Step by step it “digs itself in” until it paralyzes ones reasoning faculty, destroys self-confidence and initiative. Worry is a form of sustained fear caused by indecision therefore it is a state of mind which can be controlled.

Surrendering to fear and allowing ourselves to be paralyzed by peril isn't something most of us can afford to do.

[F]ear is a great ally.

- Some men think because they are afraid to do. - There is a difference between fear and caution.

Fear is the most powerful enemy of reason.

Fear could paralyse. Action was the antidote.

You've got to kick fear to the side, because the payoff is huge.

To fight fear, act. To increase fear - wait, put off postpone.