Michel de Montaigne Quotes

Fear can give you urgent wings.

The thing I fear most is fear.

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

Fear could paralyse. Action was the antidote.

Fear is excitement without breath.

Normally, we push away the things we're scared of.

I'm only going to work now when I'm terrified.

People react to fear, not love; they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true.

I have a paralyzing fear of snakes.

Fear is one of the worst, and most limiting, emotions in life.

We have nothing to fear but fear itself... and, of course, the boogieman.

When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.

I'm scared of scary movies.

Fear is really powerful; it's really useful to me.

Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.

Fear is one of those really primal emotions which you don't want to have incredibly exciting modulations and complex harmonies and all that kind of stuff.

Everything scares me. I'm very easily frightened. But the thing that scares me most is zombies. I really, really don't like zombies.

Fear is better than apathy because fear makes us do something.

When I'm scared, my natural state is to hide and run for cover.

I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes.

The strongest passion is fear.

The only thing I am afraid of is fear.

… the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

Fear is a good thing. Fear is going to lead you to take action.

Fear is a powerful weapon. It can excite and motivate, and it can get people to yell and to scream. But fear has never created a job.