Being Afraid Quotes

“Because once you're afraid of one thing, you can get scared of a lot of stuff.”
― Ava Dellaira, Love Letters to the Dead

“And he said that wasn’t brave of him, doing that, just standing there and being stung,’ said Coraline to the cat. ‘It wasn’t brave because he wasn’t scared: it was the only thing he could do. But going back again to get his glasses, when he knew the wasps were there, when he was really scared. That was brave.’

"‘Because,’ she said, ‘when you’re scared but you still do it anyway, that’s brave”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

“Judgement of others and ourselves always comes from a place of fear. It is fear that keeps us from living authentically all that we say we value.”
― shannon l. alder

“She didn't understand how other people did it, how they just strolled right up to strangers and started conversations -- how they made themselves into people strangers would ever want to meet. She wasn't shy, not exactly. She was afraid.”
― Katie Cotugno, Top Ten

“I'd gone so far past my fear threshold, I'd completely given up on being afraid”
― Deanna Chase, Haunted on Bourbon Street

“Frightened means you've the sense to be afraid, and it's cowards who get things done, more often than not.”
― A. Deborah Baker, Over the Woodward Wall

“All fear does is waste time.”
― George Michael

“I realize that if I wait until I am no longer afraid to act, write, speak, be, I'll be sending messages on a ouija board, cryptic comments from the other side. When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less important whether or not I am unafraid.”
― Audre Lorde, The Cancer Journals

“Boys", she says, "just aren't very good at being afraid.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Scorpio Races

“It was amazing and scary at the same time. Having a dream is fantastic! Changing its status from "Dream" to "Reality", is freaking awesome, but it scares you to death in the beginning,”
― Diana-Maria Georgescu, THE UNSTOPPABLE THIRST : El Camino de Santiago de Compostela An Alchemic Path Towards The Inner Self

“I don't think you can stop being scared. I don't think that's what it means to be brave. I think being brave means being afraid and still doing what you must do.”
― Katherine Applegate, The Only

“Child, even the mightiest men are afraid to die. Don't go believing that heroes never falter, that brave men never fear. 'Tis a dangerous lie. Even the strongest sometimes stumble. Even the courageous sometimes run.”
― Ella Rose Carlos, A Long Lost Fantasy

“Fear is not something easily shrugged off; it hangs on its prey like a heavy cloak threatening to choke and weigh down the wearer. Despite fear’s awful hindering effects, we must dare to behave boldly in its presence. For boldness is one of the few weapons that can convince fear to loosen its grip.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year

“It is hard to steer oneself in the right direction when fear is at the helm.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year

“Fear drowns more men than water. You can feel it, but don't let it choke you.”
― Connor Garrett, Spellbound Under The Spanish Moss: A Southern Tale of Magic

“The wave changed everything. It had an effect of malice, as if he were suggesting I could never be completely on my own, that he would be around, that he would be back. I was suddenly afraid. The thing is, that feeling is just as real to me now as it was then. The visuals are just as real.”
― Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

“I am afraid” can be the end or the beginning: “I am afraid, so I will run away,” or “I am afraid, and I will embrace my fear and do it regardless.”
― Dragos Bratasanu, The Pursuit of Dreams: Claim Your Power, Follow Your Heart, and Fulfill Your Destiny

“I'm scared of rabbits. Aren't you scared of rabbits?" I heard Darcie say to him once.

"Rabbits are afraid of everything," he replied. "That's what makes them dangerous.”
― Laura van den Berg, Find Me

“The horror of Jaws
is not the rows of teeth, but the endless sea
of white faces who are afraid
of losing money knowing the ocean
has always been full of sharks, blood, and everything else they cannot see.”
― Monica Rico

“I was afraid. So afraid. I tried to remember my wise words of advice to Maxyn about overcoming fear. But they were just words. Empty syllables.”
― Katherine Applegate, The Only

“Fear's the little fairy sitting on your shoulder whispering 'take care' into your ear. Courage isn't fearlessness. Fear's your faithful friend, Byx, so long as you don't make one great mistake... Never let yourself be afraid of being afraid.”
― Katherine Applegate, The Only

“I was afraid of so many things, I had come to realize during my traveling year. My mother seemed to have an immunity to fear, the way she hurled herself into foreign lands and the arms of men, while I was always entangled in ideas about penalties and peril.”
― Laura van den Berg, What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us

“There is such little use for fear.”
― Lena Moses-Schmidt

“As she went toward the hall, walking briskly, she thought, I've been afraid of everything, ever since the Major died. No one has ever known how afraid I've been.”
― Ann Petry, The Narrows

“Being afraid of anything is the strongest belief in it”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“It's all right to feel afraid, you know." He smiled. "Being brave doesn't mean not feeling afraid. True bravery is feeling your fear, but going ahead and doing what's right anyway.”
― Kirsty Applebaum, The Middler

“Seeing how scared the elephants were forced him to consider how fragile they were. Of course, I had always known this. Having a thick hide doesn't shield you from the terrible things the world has in store.”
― Emma Sloley, The Island of Last Things

“Are you afraid?"

"I don't think so. I fear nothing when I'm doing right.”
― Mary Pope Osborne, Kate and the Beanstalk