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Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.
Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.
We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.
It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid. -Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes
Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
Having a vision for your life allows you to live out of hope, rather than out of your fears.
Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death.
No fear... we are never sure of anything... fear never prevents [bad things] from happening.
Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.
It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
There are two kinds of politics in the world: the politics of love and the politics of fear.
The waitress had the appearance of a very old hooker who had finally found her place in life
Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
See yourself confronting your fears in your mind's eye and handling those fears like a champ.
I am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been.
She was the sort of person for whom fear was the natural response to that beyond explanation.
At the door of life by the gate of breath, There are worse things waiting for men than death.
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
One thing is made of another, and nature allows no new creation except at the price of death.
Tears throw a veil over our faults and allow us to accuse fate without fear or contradiction.
I'd have a nervous breakdown except that I've been through this too many times to be nervous.
I did not fully understand the dread term 'terminal illness' until I saw Heathrow for myself.
I’m always scared to death that I won’t do a role justice. But fear can be a great motivator.
It is impossible not to notice that our world is tormented by failure, hate, guilt, and fear.
Fear and self-doubt are the deadly enemies of creativity. Don’t invite either into your mind.
What is fear after all? It is indecision. You seek some way to resist, escape. There is none.
Vaccines save lives; fear endangers them. It's a simple message parents need to keep hearing.
My parents dreaded the fact that I was changing my life to do this, but I just kept doing it.
I make little distinction between those who commit evil and those who stand by and do nothing.
Martyrs have been sincere. And so have tyrants. Wise men have been sincere. And so have fools.
The classical man's worst fear was inglorious death; the modern man's worst fear is just death
There is this paradox in fear: he is most likely to inspire it in others who has none himself!
Nay, fly to altars; there they'll talk you dead; For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
And I was afraid because I knew I had outgrown my past before I could see a path to my future.
I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that are awe-inspiring.
Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
Refuse to let the thought of death bother you: nothing is grim when we have escaped that fear.
Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
You can not pluck roses without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns.
The average Ph.D. Thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another.
How is it that hope so powerfully excites, and fear so absolutely depresses all our faculties?
Try looking into that place where you dare not look! You'll find me there, staring out at you!
Only with absolute fearlessness can we slay the dragons of mediocrity that invade our gardens.
Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future.
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.
We need not fear any isms if our democracy is achieving the ends for which it was established.
Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.
There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.