Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

There are two kinds of fears: rational and irrational- or in simpler terms, fears that make sense and fears that don't.

There's something about most phobias where there's a tiny, tiny corner where you think this really actually could happen.

There's a vast encyclopedia of fears and phobias, and pretty much any object, experience, situation you can think of, there is someone who has a phobia of it.

The weeds keep multiplying in our garden, which is our mind ruled by fear. Rip them out and call them by name.

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

Fear is the most costly of all the human emotions, even though most fears have no foundation in fact.

The understanding of fear cures fear.

Let fear be a counselor and not a jailer.

Although fear in the right dosage and under the right circumstance protects us ... imaginary fear offers straitjackets instead of lifejackets, nooses instead of safety nets.

Courage is just fear, plus prayers, plus understanding.

I still suffer terribly from stage fright. I get sick with fear. Not every night, but at the beginning and on occasion - not necessarily when I'm expecting it. You just have to cope with it - take it on the chin and work through it, trying to use the adrenalin to perform.

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

I have, since the age of about 2, been a twitchy bundle of phobias, fears, and neuroses. And I have, since the age of 10, when I was first taken to a mental hospital for evaluation and then referred to a psychiatrist for treatment, tried in various ways to overcome my anxiety.

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

I wouldn't say I have a lack of fear. In fact, I'd like my fear emotion to be less because it's very distracting and fries my nervous system.

I had the fear of heights when I was young, along with many other fears and phobias, including the fear of dogs, bees, horses, and blood.

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

The way you conquer fear is to feel it all the way, and then you'll find out that there's nothing there - it's just emotion.

A lot of people live in fear because they haven't figured out how you're going to react when faced with a certain set of circumstances. I've come to terms with this by looking deeply into whatever makes me fearful - what are the key elements that get the hairs up on the back of my neck - and then figuring out what I can do about it.

If fear grows fat on the energy you feed it, you have to talk it down.

How can you defy fear? Fear is a human instinct, just like hunger. Whether you like it or not, you become hungry. Similarly with fear. But I have learned to train myself to live with this fear.

There's fear in everything, but we can't just succumb to that. We have to suppress it, so we get used to suppressing fear to make it through the our day. Otherwise, we'd become paralyzed by them.

Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.

I am bundle of nerves riddled with irrational fears.