Henry David Thoreau Quotes

I'd say my greatest fear is fear itself.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The only thing I am afraid of is fear.

I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength.

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

What scares me? Oh, now that's a big question. I don't know what scares me - cockroaches, nuclear apocalypse. Fear is an interesting thing. It has a place in all of our lives. I try to be as fearless as possible. I don't always succeed, but I like to think I try.

Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.

If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.

Courage is the capacity to meet the anxiety which arises as one achieves freedom.

No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

I have always loved to use fear, to take it and comprehend it and make it work and consolidate a situation where I was afraid and take it whole and work from there.

I won't allow myself to have tremendous fear.

Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day.

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.

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

I'm sure the feeling of fear, as long as you can take advantage of it and not be rendered useless by it, can make you extend yourself beyond what you would regard as your capacity. If you're afraid, the blood seems to flow freely through the veins, and you really do feel a sense of stimulation.

I'm not afraid and these 15 days convinced me there is nothing to fear. Let them be afraid instead.

I am totally fearless! Well, of course, I'm not totally fearless. I worry constantly and obsess over things, but I just don't let fear stand in the way of doing something that I really want to do.

I don't think you're human if you don't get nervous.

Today fear, the most corroding of influences, is the moving cause ...

Courage is largely habits and self confidence.

You may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman, or the most audacious soldier. Put them at a table together—what do you get? The sum of their fears.

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

True it is that each of us has only one life - but how many of us 'die a thousand deaths' in fear and nervousness!