<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Fear - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66546]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66545]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66543]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear is the passion of slaves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear is the passion of slaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65202]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65186]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64548]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64534]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64227]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I live my life through fear. If I'm afraid of it I'll do it just so I'm not afraid of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63565]]></link><description><![CDATA[I live my life through fear. If I'm afraid of it I'll do it just so I'm not afraid of it anymore.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To acknowledge the presence of fear is to give birth to failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63388]]></link><description><![CDATA[To acknowledge the presence of fear is to give birth to failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are moved by only two things: fear and self-interest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15526]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are moved by only two things: fear and self-interest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15527]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early and provident fear is the mother of safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am frightened at seeing all the footprints directed towards thy den, and none returning. [Lat., Quia ne vestigia terrent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15513]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am frightened at seeing all the footprints directed towards thy den, and none returning. [Lat., Quia ne vestigia terrent  Omnia te adversum spectantia, nulla retrosum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are uneasy, . . . you never sailed with me before, I see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15514]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are uneasy, . . . you never sailed with me before, I see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since love and fear can hardly coexist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since love and fear can hardly coexist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had a feeling that the answer was quite different and that he ought to know it, but he could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15518]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had a feeling that the answer was quite different and that he ought to know it, but he could not think of it. He began to get frightened, and that is bad for thinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people are brave, others are just too stupid to be afraid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people are brave, others are just too stupid to be afraid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool boasts of those who fear him; a wise man's pride is those who respect him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15521]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool boasts of those who fear him; a wise man's pride is those who respect him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep your fears to yourself but share your courage with others ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your fears to yourself but share your courage with others]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15524]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see people differently than the way we were brought up to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I came to believe it not true that "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man only one." I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15525]]></link><description><![CDATA[I came to believe it not true that "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man only one." I think it is the other way around: It is the brave who die a thousand deaths. For it is imagination, and not just conscience, which doth make cowards of us all. Those who do not know fear are not truly brave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear is the parent of cruelty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear is the parent of cruelty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15511]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15512]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The clouds dispell'd, the sky resum'd her light, And Nature stood recover'd of her fright.  But fear, the last ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15507]]></link><description><![CDATA[The clouds dispell'd, the sky resum'd her light, And Nature stood recover'd of her fright.  But fear, the last of ills, remain'd behind,   And horrow heavy sat on every mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not apt to fear for the fearless, when we are companions in their danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15508]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not apt to fear for the fearless, when we are companions in their danger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear always springs from ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear always springs from ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man is afraid of something. That's how you know he's in love with you; when he is afraid of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man is afraid of something. That's how you know he's in love with you; when he is afraid of losing you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one loves the man whom he fears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15493]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one loves the man whom he fears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome. [Lat., Crux est si metuas quod vincere nequeas.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15494]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome. [Lat., Crux est si metuas quod vincere nequeas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational;  But he, whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15495]]></link><description><![CDATA[The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational;  But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues,   And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15496]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An aching tooth is better out than in, To lose a rotten member is a gain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15497]]></link><description><![CDATA[An aching tooth is better out than in, To lose a rotten member is a gain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fear o' hell's the hangman's whip To laud the wretch in order;  But where ye feel your honor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fear o' hell's the hangman's whip To laud the wretch in order;  But where ye feel your honor grip,   Let that aye be your border.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15499</guid></item></channel></rss>