Jean Paul Quotes

To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity.

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

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.

I was as afraid as the next man in my time and maybe more so. But with the years, fear had come to be regarded as a form of stupidity to be classed with overdrafts, acquiring a venereal disease or eating candies. Fear is a child's vice and while I loved to feel it approach, as one does with any vice, it was not for grown men and the only thing to be afraid of was the presence of true and imminent danger in a form that you should be aware of and not be a fool if you were responsible for others.

You can't be afraid until you have no other option but to be afraid.

There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.

Fear has its uses but cowardice has none.

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

A lot of us are ruled by fear during our lives - afraid we'll get burgled, afraid a dog will bite us, afraid we'll get fat, afraid someone will leave us. Once you lose fear, life becomes sweeter, and that happens as you get older. I'm sure by the time I'm 80, I'll be able to do absolutely anything!

I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.

To fight fear, act. To increase fear - wait, put off postpone.

As human beings we value the experience that comes with age. We are reminded over and over again with statements like 'older and wiser' and 'respect your elders,' promoting age as something to be cherished and respected.

I think the beauty of the writing of 'Game of Thrones' is not that the characters are fearless; it's how they overcome their fear, you know?

Death, torture and prison are part of daily life for the youth of Iran. They are not like us, my friends and I at their age; they are not scared. They are not what we were. They hold hands and scream: 'Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid! We are together!' They understand that no one will give them their rights; they must go get them.

He who doesn't fear death dies only once.

I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.

Maybe you will be afraid and maybe you will fail, but the courage to take risks in any part of your life is, I feel, a very worthwhile way to live.

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

We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.

I think it is nice to get older.

I've never scared anybody in my life.