Being Scared Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old being scared quotes, being scared sayings, and being scared proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Sometimes we have to stop being being scared and just go for it. Alex Elle
If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living. Seneca
People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear. Frank Ocean
We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all. Eleanor Roosevelt
Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live. Dorothy Thompson
Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong. Fridtjof Nansen
Being scared can keep a man from getting killed, and often makes a better fighter out of him. Louis L'Amour
To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true. Bayard Rustin
There's no purer feeling in the world than being scared. Stephen Graham Jones
Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being positive about what could go right. Author Unknown
Learning how to face fear really makes you invincible because you stop being scared. Alexa Von Tobel
You can only be brave by being afraid. Embrace what you are scared of and shift its energy to destroy your fears. Joel Brown
Being scared isn't the problem. It's not running away that's the hard part. John Connolly
Sometimes you have to stop being scared & just go for it. Either it will work, or it won't. That's life. unknown
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. Corrie ten Boom
What you are afraid to do is a clear indicator of the next thing you need to do. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sometime it's good to be scared. It means you still have something to lose. Meredith Grey
A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man. Jiddu Krishnamurti
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. Plato
Being scared is part of being alive. Accept it. Walk through it. Robin Sharma
Of the mental hazards, being scared is the worst. When you get scared, you get tense. Sam Snead
Everything worth doing starts with being scared. Art Garfunkel
There's no point in being scared of just trying. Zac Efron
For some reason, people value being scared less than they value laughing. Jason Blum
Being scared is really a good thing. It's being scared of being scared that's bad. Being scared of walking through your fear, going to a place of true creativity - that's what an artist is, that's what he does. If you do that, then being inspired by your contemporaries or people from the past is really great. Lawrence Bender
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking risk, really amazing things can happen. Marissa Mayer
You have decided being scared is caused mostly by thinking. David Foster Wallace
That's the trouble with being scared all the time. Eventually, people just go numb. Mira Grant
One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end. Jiddu Krishnamurti
What's risky is living your life and never trying for anything and never doing something brave and never getting yourself scared. Angelina Jolie
Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people. Anwar Sadat
Seems to me people are mean or evil because they're scared, mostly, or in pain, or afraid they're going to lose something. Barbara Samuel
Too often we are scared. Scared of what we might not be able to do. Scared of what people might think if we tried. We let fears stand in the way of our hopes. We say no when we want to say yes. We sit quietly when we want to scream. And we shout with the others, When we should keep our mouths shut. Why? After all, we do only go around once. There's really no time to be afraid. JUST DO IT. Barry Sanders
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. Bertrand Russell
In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time, you're gone. Bill Gates
If you're scared to lose rather than excited to win, then that's the wrong way to approach a race. Cate Campbell
I know you're upset, I know you're scared, but don't walk away. Cheryl Rainfield
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. Corrie ten Boom
Be yourself, be an individual - people are scared to be themselves. Dan Bilzerian
Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared. Eddie Rickenbacker
Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared. Eddie Rickenbacker
We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate. Erica Jong
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. George Lucas
Fear is an insidious virus. Given a breeding place in our minds it will eat away our spirit and block the forward path of our endeavors James F. Bell
Obedience isn’t a lack of fear. It’s just doing it scared. Jen Hatmaker
Often, our most rewarding dreams are staring us right in the face, but for some reason, we focus on how hard things are, how we are scared of the unknown, and what would happen if we failed. Joel Brown
When we face our fears, we can find our freedom. Joyce Meyers
Life is too short to be scared and not take risks. I'd rather be the person that's like, 'I messed up,' than, 'I wish I did that.' Justine Skye
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. Les Brown
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. Marie Curie
Facing your fears robs them of their power. Mark Burnett
When we experience our fear, when we say the words "I am scared," we have the choice, the ability to acknowledge that being 'scared' is not who we are. It is not our identity. Paul Michael Glaser
Sometimes we gotta be brave even when we're scared. We gotta not let being scared keep us from thinkin' straight. That's all brave is, boy, when you come right down to it, not lettin' the fear get you so turned around you start doin' stupid things, instead of what you know you ought to do. Poppy Z. Brite
Fearless means trusting your instincts and clarity of thought. Once you have made up your mind, don't be scared of what if. Ravi Shastri
If you're going through hell, Keep on going, don't slow down, If you're scared, don't show it You might get out Before the devil even knows you're there. Rodney Atkins
I'm scared of failure all the time. But not scared enough to stop trying. Ronda Rousey
If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances. Rosalyn Drexler
Stop being scared of the unknown, because anything I worried about didn't happen. Other stuff happened. The unknown, we can't do anything about. Sandra Bullock
Friends. They aren’t any such thing as good friend or bad friend. Maybe there are just friend. People who stand by you when you're hurt and who helped you feel not so lonely. Maybe there are worth being scared for and hoping for and living for. Maybe worth dying for too. If that what has to be. No bad friends. Only people you want. Need to be with. People who build their houses in your heart. Stephen King
My daddy always said being brave wasn’t not being scared. Being brave was keeping going when you were. Susan Crandall
I'm tired of being scared, and I know you are too. Not that there isn't alot to be scared of in this world today, between the non-stop headlines about wars and nuclear power plants and terrorists and assasinations and civil unrest and economic uncertainty and political doublespeak and insane weather and an environment that's becoming unhealthier by the day. But a point comes when it's too much to deal with, and thinking about it accomplishes nothing more than sending you to bed with a cold cloth on your head. Sylvia Browne
Every time you go up to the board, you get scared. It's more like adrenaline, though you feel pumped and ready to go. Tom Daley