"Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.“


-William Congreve

posted in fear


Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.

Other Quotes You Might Like

Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection

"Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass."

-William Congreve

wisdomView Quote
"Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak."

-William Congreve

musicView Quote
"Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play."

-William Congreve

marriageView Quote
"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned."

-William Congreve

loveView Quote
"Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved."

-William Congreve

loveView Quote
"No, I'm no enemy to learning it hurts not me."

-William Congreve

learningView Quote

More Quotes About fear

Explore other inspiring quotes in this category

"There's no love more intense than the love we have for our kids - and where there is intense love, there is also intense fear lurking beneath the surface."

-Arianna Huffington

fearView Quote
"You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear."

-Candace Bushnell

fearView Quote
"I think interviews can be fine. It's just there's this terrible fear of coming off wrongly or saying something that gets taken out of context."

-Nicholas Hoult

fearView Quote
"Don't fear anything for your letters, they are burnt one by one and I hope you do the same with mine."

-Camille Claudel

fearView Quote
"I think, however, that so long as our present economic and national systems continue, scientific research has little to fear."

-John B. S. Haldane

fearView Quote
"Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it."

-Lionel Richie

fearView Quote