fear Quotes

Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child.

Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeties, would give me a wide berth. And the ladies would gang up in a corner to discuss my dangerous character.

I guess I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone's wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really.

For a long time I was scared I'd find out I was like my mother.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

I came across few whites as a boy at Qunu. The local magistrate, of course, was white, as was the nearest shopkeeper. Occasionally, white travelers or policemen passed through our area. These whites appeared as grand as gods to me, and I was aware that they were to be treated with a mixture of fear and respect.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.