John Dryden Quotes

I've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people.

There seemed to be endless obstacles... it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.

Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people don't choose what they want; they choose what they think is safe.

We all have fears! Don't lie! We all have fears.

I said, "I do not fear those pants with nobody inside them." I said, and said, and said those words. I said them but I lied them.

I'm afraid of everything. I'm not a naturally courageous person.

Fear is a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life.

But I didn’t dare. That has always been my trouble. I’ve never dared enough.

Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.

Fear will try to keep you from taking that first step. Don't give in to fear, do it afraid.

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

I think to be courageous, you have to be afraid. For me, it feels very courageous when I go skiing because I'm very, very afraid to ski. It's dangerous! I feel very scared. But when I'm acting, I don't feel very scared.

My great fear has always been complete and utter failure. Hence, you see, all the dispossessed people in my fiction, and why I try to earn as much money as I can. It's a defense. I don't enjoy it or do anything with it.

Great fear is concealed under daring.

I define fear as standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early.

For me, personally, when I'm afraid of something - when you're afraid of something, normally you try to go away, you try to avoid it. Instead of avoiding it, to overcome your fear, I believe you need to embrace it.

Show business is, essentially, a fear-based industry.

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

It is not the thing you fear that you must deal with: it is the mother of the thing you fear.

Oh, I'm full of fear. I care about things; therefore, I have fears. I like to think that I'm brave, which is different. Brave means you're able to admit that you care. If you care, you are vulnerable.

That's part of your life lesson to be afraid. The bigger question is how you deal with being afraid. Do you have to summon courage or something else to live with that fear without letting it take you over?

I am not going to do anything unless I am afraid of it.

I am scared of nobody.

Courage comes by being brave; fear comes by holding back.