Seneca the Younger Quotes

Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.

Fear is the dream killer, the silent voice that pushes us to lose our passion in a vain attempt to seek safety.

Always question your fear, Anh. there's almost never a good reason to be scared.

Remember that all the others are more afraid than you

Fear shuts off possibilities. The first thing that kicks in when you're reacting with fear... This is what I love about Roosevelt's quote, "There's nothing to fear but fear itself."

Sometimes I feel like there is so much to be afraid of, and sometimes I feel like there is nothing left to fear.

You just have to throw fear out the window. If there's anything that's going to hold you back, it's fear.

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.

Fear is the strong passion; it is with fear that you must trifle, if you wish to taste the intensest joys of living.

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

One thing I know for sure: it is only by doing what we fear that we can ever truly learn to be brave.

No fear... we are never sure of anything... fear never prevents [bad things] from happening.

Whenever things are good, I always worry about what could go wrong.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.

But I'm someone who the more afraid I am, the more I want to do it to get the fear over with.

Fear is blind. There are some options in it, but they're very limited as compared to the options available to the fearless mind.

Fear is the root of all courage.

Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist. That is near insanity. Do not misunderstand me danger is very real but fear is a choice.

Scarlett, always save something to fear—even as you save something to love.

When thinking won't cure fear, action will.

Courage is a fickle creature. Just as you need it, it often makes excuses and rushes out of the room.

If one is willing to do a thing he is afraid to do, he does not have to ... face a situation fearlessly, and if there is no situation to face; it falls away of its own weight.

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 is the mind-killer.