“The reason why fear is so powerful is because you believe it to be stronger than you.” -Steve Maraboli (born 1975) at https://stevemaraboli.net/): “Life, the Truth, and Being Free” (2010), page 36
“Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality.” -Author Unknown: “Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World” (11 November 2008) videogame, words of characters Aster and Richter Abend
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The Reality Of Fear
You’re not scared of the dark;
You’re scared of what’s in it.
You’re not afraid of heights;
You’re afraid of falling.
You’re not afraid of the people around you;
You’re afraid of rejection or mistreatment.
You’re not afraid of love;
You’re afraid of not being lovable.
By Author Unknown
“Bran thought about it. ‘Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?’ ‘That is the only time a man can be brave,’ his father told him.” -George R. R. Martin (George Raymond Richard Martin (born 1948)): “A Game of Thrones” (1 August 1996) novel
“If you’re scared, just holler and you’ll find it ain’t so lonesome out there.” -Joe Sugden (Joseph ‘Joe’ Sugden (1870 - 1959))
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“The purpose of fear is to raise your awareness, not to stop your progress.” -Steve Maraboli (born 1975) at https://stevemaraboli.net/: “Life, the Truth, and Being Free” (2010), page 16
“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” -Vincent van Gogh (Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853 - 1890))
“I have lived my life according to this principle: If I’m afraid of it, then I must do it.” -Erica Jong (Erica Mann Jong (born 1942))
“Try to be fearless, because fear can inhibit you and keep you from a life.” -Miranda Weese
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“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” -Ambrose Redmoon (Ambrose Hollingworth Redmoon (pseudonym of James Neil Hollingworth (1933 - 1996)))
“Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live it?” -Caroline Myss (born 1952)
“Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.” -Alice M. Swaim (Alice Mackenzie Swaim)
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A lamb appears a lion, and we fear
Each bush we see’s a bear.
-Francis Quarles: “Emblems,” Book I, Emblem XIII, line 19
“I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared.” -Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt (1858 - 1919))
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” -Fyodor Dostoevsky: “Crime and Punishment” (1866), Part I, Chapter 1 (1866)
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“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” -Les Brown (Leslie Calvin ‘Les’ Brown (born 1945))
“We learn courageous action by going forward whenever fear urges us back. A little boy was asked how he learned to skate. ‘Oh, by getting up every time I fell down,’ he answered.” -David Seabury (1885 - 1960)
“Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.” -Dorothy Thompson (1894 - 1961)
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“To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.” -Teresa of Ávila (born Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada (1515 - 1582))
“Action cancels fear.” -Silver Rose
“What you are afraid to do is a clear indicator of the next thing you need to do.” -Author Unknown
Fear is a slinking cat I find
Beneath the lilacs of my mind.
-Sophie Tunnell (Sophia Letitia Tunnell (1884 - 1936))
“Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality.” -Author Unknown: “Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World” (11 November 2008) videogame, words of characters Aster and Richter Abend
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The Reality Of Fear
You’re not scared of the dark;
You’re scared of what’s in it.
You’re not afraid of heights;
You’re afraid of falling.
You’re not afraid of the people around you;
You’re afraid of rejection or mistreatment.
You’re not afraid of love;
You’re afraid of not being lovable.
By Author Unknown
“Bran thought about it. ‘Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?’ ‘That is the only time a man can be brave,’ his father told him.” -George R. R. Martin (George Raymond Richard Martin (born 1948)): “A Game of Thrones” (1 August 1996) novel
“If you’re scared, just holler and you’ll find it ain’t so lonesome out there.” -Joe Sugden (Joseph ‘Joe’ Sugden (1870 - 1959))
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“The purpose of fear is to raise your awareness, not to stop your progress.” -Steve Maraboli (born 1975) at https://stevemaraboli.net/: “Life, the Truth, and Being Free” (2010), page 16
“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” -Vincent van Gogh (Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853 - 1890))
“I have lived my life according to this principle: If I’m afraid of it, then I must do it.” -Erica Jong (Erica Mann Jong (born 1942))
“Try to be fearless, because fear can inhibit you and keep you from a life.” -Miranda Weese
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“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” -Ambrose Redmoon (Ambrose Hollingworth Redmoon (pseudonym of James Neil Hollingworth (1933 - 1996)))
“Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live it?” -Caroline Myss (born 1952)
“Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.” -Alice M. Swaim (Alice Mackenzie Swaim)
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A lamb appears a lion, and we fear
Each bush we see’s a bear.
-Francis Quarles: “Emblems,” Book I, Emblem XIII, line 19
“I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared.” -Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt (1858 - 1919))
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” -Fyodor Dostoevsky: “Crime and Punishment” (1866), Part I, Chapter 1 (1866)
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“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” -Les Brown (Leslie Calvin ‘Les’ Brown (born 1945))
“We learn courageous action by going forward whenever fear urges us back. A little boy was asked how he learned to skate. ‘Oh, by getting up every time I fell down,’ he answered.” -David Seabury (1885 - 1960)
“Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.” -Dorothy Thompson (1894 - 1961)
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“To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.” -Teresa of Ávila (born Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada (1515 - 1582))
“Action cancels fear.” -Silver Rose
“What you are afraid to do is a clear indicator of the next thing you need to do.” -Author Unknown
Fear is a slinking cat I find
Beneath the lilacs of my mind.
-Sophie Tunnell (Sophia Letitia Tunnell (1884 - 1936))
“Fear is incomplete knowledge.” -Agatha Christie (Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie (1890 - 1976))
“A lot of people are afraid of heights; not me, I’m afraid of widths.” -Steven Wright (Stephen Alexander Wright (born 1955)): “Steven Wright Special” (1985)
Heights Made Him Dizzy
There was a young fellow so frail
He could fly on a kite - as the tail.
That gave him a view
From Maine to Peru;
But when he looked down he turned pale!
By John Ciardi (John Anthony Ciardi (1916 - 1986))
“So what are you afraid of? What is holding you back? What is it that stands in your way?” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993): “Power of the Plus Factor: The Little Extra That Makes You a Winner” (1987)
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“Fear always springs from ignorance.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882): “The American Scholar”
“Many of our fears are tissue-paper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them.” -Brendan Francis (Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (1923 - 1964))
“He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.” -William James (1842 - 1910)
“If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.” -Seth Godin (born 1960)
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Do not let fear confine your life
Inside a shell of doubt;
A turtle never moves until
His head is sticking out.
-Charles Ghigna
“You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try.” -Dolly Parton (Dolly Rebecca Parton (born 1946))
“What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” -Sheryl Sandberg (Sheryl Kara Sandberg (born 1969)): “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead” (2013)
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“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” -Mary Anne Radmacher (born 1957)
“Fear is an emotion indispensable for survival.” -Hannah Arendt (Johanna ‘Hannah’ Arendt (1906 - 1975))
“Nothing is so much to be feared as fear.” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862): “Journals” (1838 - 1859), ‘September 7, 1851’
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“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” -Anaïs Nin (born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell (1903 - 1977)): “Diary” (1969)
“Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.” -Michael Pritchard
“FEAR is an acronym in the English language for ‘False Evidence Appearing Real.’” -Neale Donald Walsch (born 1943)
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“Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.” -Author Unknown: German proverb
“He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.” -Aristotle (384 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.): as quoted in Joannes Stobaeus: “Florilegium”
“F.E.A.R. has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Risk.’ You decide.” -Author Unknown
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“Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.” -Robert Anthony (Robert Newton Anthony (1916 - 2006))
“Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
“Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself -nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt (Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)): inaugural address (4 March 1933), as published in “The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933” (1938), page 11
Overheard: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself . . . and spiders!
“A lot of people are afraid of heights; not me, I’m afraid of widths.” -Steven Wright (Stephen Alexander Wright (born 1955)): “Steven Wright Special” (1985)
Heights Made Him Dizzy
There was a young fellow so frail
He could fly on a kite - as the tail.
That gave him a view
From Maine to Peru;
But when he looked down he turned pale!
By John Ciardi (John Anthony Ciardi (1916 - 1986))
“So what are you afraid of? What is holding you back? What is it that stands in your way?” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993): “Power of the Plus Factor: The Little Extra That Makes You a Winner” (1987)
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“Fear always springs from ignorance.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882): “The American Scholar”
“Many of our fears are tissue-paper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them.” -Brendan Francis (Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (1923 - 1964))
“He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.” -William James (1842 - 1910)
“If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.” -Seth Godin (born 1960)
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Do not let fear confine your life
Inside a shell of doubt;
A turtle never moves until
His head is sticking out.
-Charles Ghigna
“You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try.” -Dolly Parton (Dolly Rebecca Parton (born 1946))
“What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” -Sheryl Sandberg (Sheryl Kara Sandberg (born 1969)): “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead” (2013)
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“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” -Mary Anne Radmacher (born 1957)
“Fear is an emotion indispensable for survival.” -Hannah Arendt (Johanna ‘Hannah’ Arendt (1906 - 1975))
“Nothing is so much to be feared as fear.” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862): “Journals” (1838 - 1859), ‘September 7, 1851’
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“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” -Anaïs Nin (born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell (1903 - 1977)): “Diary” (1969)
“Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.” -Michael Pritchard
“FEAR is an acronym in the English language for ‘False Evidence Appearing Real.’” -Neale Donald Walsch (born 1943)
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“Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.” -Author Unknown: German proverb
“He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.” -Aristotle (384 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.): as quoted in Joannes Stobaeus: “Florilegium”
“F.E.A.R. has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Risk.’ You decide.” -Author Unknown
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“Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.” -Robert Anthony (Robert Newton Anthony (1916 - 2006))
“Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
“Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself -nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt (Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)): inaugural address (4 March 1933), as published in “The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933” (1938), page 11
Overheard: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself . . . and spiders!
“The fears we don’t face become our limits.” -Robin Sharma (Robin S. Sharma (born 1965))
“Fear has a large shadow, but he himself is small.” -Ruth Gendler (Janet Ruth Gendler, also known as J. Ruth Gendler (born 1954)) at www.ruthgendler.com
“Sometimes it takes courage - maybe all the courage you’ve got - to just live life.” -Douglas Preston (Douglas Jerome Preston (born 1956)) and Lincoln Child (born 1957): “The Lost Island” (5 August 2014)
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“If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.” -Lucius Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Younger (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65))
“Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): as quoted in James Boswell: “The Life of Samuel Johnson” (1791), ‘April 5, 1775’
“Courage is fear that has said its prayers.” -Dorothy Bernard (Nora Dorothy ‘Dorothy’ Bernard (1890 - 1955))
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“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.” -Aristotle (384 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.)
Overheard: I have discovered that I scream the same way whether I am about to be devoured by a great white shark or a piece of seaweed touches my foot.
“Happiness is a form of courage.” -Holbrook Jackson (George ‘Holbrook’ Jackson (1874 - 1948))
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“I laugh in the face of danger. And then I hide until it goes away.” -Author Unknown: “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (1997 - 2003), season 1, episode 3: ‘Witch’ (17 March 1997); line spoken by character Alexander Lavelle ‘Xander’ Harris (portrayed by actor Nicholas Brandon)
“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because as has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others.” -Winston Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1874 - 1965)): “Great Contemporaries” (1937), ‘Alfonso XIII’
“Fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” -Shirley MacLaine (pseudonym of Shirley MacLean Beaty (born 1934))
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“The thing I fear most is fear.” [translation to English]
“C’est de quoi j’ai le plus de peur que la peur.” [original French]
-Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)): “Essais” (English: “Essays”) (1580), Book I, Chapter 18
A psychologist, interviewed on the “Steve Allen Show,” announced that the only two instinctive fears in man are a fear of loud noises and a fear of falling. “I have a great fear,” replied Steve Allen (Stephen Valentine Patrick William ‘Steve’ Allen (1921 - 2000)), without missing a beat, “of making a loud noise while falling.”
“Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” -Maya Angelou: as quoted in “USA Today” (5 March 1988)
Overheard: Don’t let your fears win.
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“Nothing is terrible except fear itself.” [translation to English]
“Nil terribile nisi ipse timor.” [original Latin]
-Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626): “De Augmentis Scientiarum” (1623), Book II, ‘Fortitudo’
“To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.” -Katherine Paterson (Katherine Womeldorf Paterson (born 1932)): “Jacob Have I Loved” (1980)
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“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Book of Psalms,’ Psalm 27, verse 1 (King James Version)
“The phrase ‘do not be afraid’ is written in the Bible 365 times. That’s a daily reminder from God to live every day being fearless.” -Author Unknown
“When you do what you fear most, then you can do anything.” -Stephen Richards
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“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.” -Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave; it is merely a loose application of the word.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910)): “Pudd’nhead Wilson” (1894), chapter 12: ‘Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar’
“Fear has a large shadow, but he himself is small.” -Ruth Gendler (Janet Ruth Gendler, also known as J. Ruth Gendler (born 1954)) at www.ruthgendler.com
“Sometimes it takes courage - maybe all the courage you’ve got - to just live life.” -Douglas Preston (Douglas Jerome Preston (born 1956)) and Lincoln Child (born 1957): “The Lost Island” (5 August 2014)
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“If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.” -Lucius Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Younger (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65))
“Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): as quoted in James Boswell: “The Life of Samuel Johnson” (1791), ‘April 5, 1775’
“Courage is fear that has said its prayers.” -Dorothy Bernard (Nora Dorothy ‘Dorothy’ Bernard (1890 - 1955))
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“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.” -Aristotle (384 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.)
Overheard: I have discovered that I scream the same way whether I am about to be devoured by a great white shark or a piece of seaweed touches my foot.
“Happiness is a form of courage.” -Holbrook Jackson (George ‘Holbrook’ Jackson (1874 - 1948))
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“I laugh in the face of danger. And then I hide until it goes away.” -Author Unknown: “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (1997 - 2003), season 1, episode 3: ‘Witch’ (17 March 1997); line spoken by character Alexander Lavelle ‘Xander’ Harris (portrayed by actor Nicholas Brandon)
“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because as has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others.” -Winston Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1874 - 1965)): “Great Contemporaries” (1937), ‘Alfonso XIII’
“Fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” -Shirley MacLaine (pseudonym of Shirley MacLean Beaty (born 1934))
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“The thing I fear most is fear.” [translation to English]
“C’est de quoi j’ai le plus de peur que la peur.” [original French]
-Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)): “Essais” (English: “Essays”) (1580), Book I, Chapter 18
A psychologist, interviewed on the “Steve Allen Show,” announced that the only two instinctive fears in man are a fear of loud noises and a fear of falling. “I have a great fear,” replied Steve Allen (Stephen Valentine Patrick William ‘Steve’ Allen (1921 - 2000)), without missing a beat, “of making a loud noise while falling.”
“Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” -Maya Angelou: as quoted in “USA Today” (5 March 1988)
Overheard: Don’t let your fears win.
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“Nothing is terrible except fear itself.” [translation to English]
“Nil terribile nisi ipse timor.” [original Latin]
-Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626): “De Augmentis Scientiarum” (1623), Book II, ‘Fortitudo’
“To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.” -Katherine Paterson (Katherine Womeldorf Paterson (born 1932)): “Jacob Have I Loved” (1980)
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“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Book of Psalms,’ Psalm 27, verse 1 (King James Version)
“The phrase ‘do not be afraid’ is written in the Bible 365 times. That’s a daily reminder from God to live every day being fearless.” -Author Unknown
“When you do what you fear most, then you can do anything.” -Stephen Richards
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“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.” -Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave; it is merely a loose application of the word.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910)): “Pudd’nhead Wilson” (1894), chapter 12: ‘Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar’
“The only thing I am afraid of is fear.” -Arthur Wellesley (born Arthur Wesley (1769 - 1852)): as quoted in Philip Henry Stanhope: “Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington” (1886), ‘November 3, 1831’
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“Always believe that God is with you, and fear nothing.” -Eliezer: as quoted in Isidore Singer and Cyrus Adler, editors: “The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day Volume 2” (31 December 1903), page 386
“Sometimes the biggest act of courage is a small one.” -Lauren Raffo
“The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.” -Mignon McLaughlin (1913 - 1983): “The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook” (1981)
“Fear is real and there is nothing you can do about it except to keep functioning, keep your hands and legs and body moving, your mind focused on the task at hand.” -Alvah Bessie: “Men in Battle: A Story of Americans in Spain” (1939), page 241
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“Whereas moral courage is the righting of wrongs, creative courage, in contrast, is the discovering of new forms, new symbols, new patterns on which a new society can be built.” -Rollo May (Rollo Reece May (1909 - 1994)): “The Courage to Create” (1975), Chapter 1: ‘The Courage to Create,’ page 21
“Courage grows by daring, fear by holding back.” -Publilius Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)
“Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnegey (1888 - 1955)))
“You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.” -Mary Tyler Moore (1937 - 2017)
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“Courage is following your conscience instead of following the crowd.” -Eric Harvey
“Without courage, all other virtues lose their meaning.” -Author Unknown
14 October of every year is National Face Your Fears Day, and 17 days later, you can actually see some of them, because that day is Halloween!
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“To one who is afraid, everything rustles.” -Sophocles (496 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.)
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910))
“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” -George Addair (George Washington Addair, Junior (1931 - 2012))
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“How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.” -Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910): as quoted in John Cooke: “The Book of Positive Quotations” (2007), page 479
Imagination frames events unknown,
In wild, fantastic shapes of hideous ruin,
And what it fears creates.
-Hannah More (1745 - 1833): “Belshazzar,” Part II
“Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.” -Aaron Hill (1685 - 1750)
“Give yourself a pat on the back each time you hang in there when you’re scared.” -Marilyn Barrick (Marilyn Cooper Barrick (1932 - 2007))
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“Courage from hearts, and not from numbers, grows.” -John Dryden (1631 - 1700): “Annus Mirabilis” (1667), stanza 76, line 304; type of work: poem
“Fears are nothing more than states of mind.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon ‘Napoleon’ Hill (1883 - 1970))
“You do not have to be fearless, just don’t let fear stop you.” -Charles Day (Charles Peckham Day (born 1976)): speech (May 2014) to graduating class of Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts, United States of America
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“We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.” -Titus Livius (also known simply as Livy (59 B.C.E. - C.E. 17))
“If you do not do the thing you fear, the fear controls your life.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
“Bravery is acknowledging your fear and doing it anyway.” -Cheryl Strayed
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“Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.” -C. C. Colton (Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832))
“There is no courage without fear.” -Author Unknown
“The only known cure for fear is faith.” -Lena Kellogg Sadler (1875 - 1939)
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“Tell a man he is brave, and you help him to become so.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)
“Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.” [translation to English]
“Animus tamen omnia vincit. Ille etiam vires corpus habere facit.” [original Latin]
-Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17)): “Epistolæ Ex Ponto,” II, 7, 75
“We must travel in the direction of our fear.” -John Berryman (1914 - 1972)
“Fear makes men believe the worst.” [translation to English]
“Ad deteriora credenda proni metu.” [original Latin]
-Quintus Curtius Rufus: “De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni,” IV, 3, 22
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“If you work past a fear, if you jump over the barrier of a fear, if you act despite a fear, what will be beyond, what will be on the other side, what will you experience?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.” -Bethany Hamilton (Bethany Meilani Hamilton-Dirks (born 1990))
“What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.” -Tim Ferriss (Timothy ‘Tim’ Ferriss (born 1977))
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“Be brave. Even if you’re not, pretend to be. No one can tell the difference.” -H. Jackson Brown (Horace Jackson Brown, Junior (1940 - 2021)): “Life’s Little Instruction Book” (1991)
“Ultimately, we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.” -Marilyn Ferguson
“Stop letting fear rule your life.” -Author Unknown
“Courage is your greatest present need.” -Author Unknown
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“With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.” -Keshavan Nair (born 1932)
“Life begins where fears end.” -Author Unknown
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“Always believe that God is with you, and fear nothing.” -Eliezer: as quoted in Isidore Singer and Cyrus Adler, editors: “The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day Volume 2” (31 December 1903), page 386
“Sometimes the biggest act of courage is a small one.” -Lauren Raffo
“The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.” -Mignon McLaughlin (1913 - 1983): “The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook” (1981)
“Fear is real and there is nothing you can do about it except to keep functioning, keep your hands and legs and body moving, your mind focused on the task at hand.” -Alvah Bessie: “Men in Battle: A Story of Americans in Spain” (1939), page 241
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“Whereas moral courage is the righting of wrongs, creative courage, in contrast, is the discovering of new forms, new symbols, new patterns on which a new society can be built.” -Rollo May (Rollo Reece May (1909 - 1994)): “The Courage to Create” (1975), Chapter 1: ‘The Courage to Create,’ page 21
“Courage grows by daring, fear by holding back.” -Publilius Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)
“Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnegey (1888 - 1955)))
“You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.” -Mary Tyler Moore (1937 - 2017)
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“Courage is following your conscience instead of following the crowd.” -Eric Harvey
“Without courage, all other virtues lose their meaning.” -Author Unknown
14 October of every year is National Face Your Fears Day, and 17 days later, you can actually see some of them, because that day is Halloween!
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“To one who is afraid, everything rustles.” -Sophocles (496 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.)
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910))
“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” -George Addair (George Washington Addair, Junior (1931 - 2012))
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“How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.” -Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910): as quoted in John Cooke: “The Book of Positive Quotations” (2007), page 479
Imagination frames events unknown,
In wild, fantastic shapes of hideous ruin,
And what it fears creates.
-Hannah More (1745 - 1833): “Belshazzar,” Part II
“Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.” -Aaron Hill (1685 - 1750)
“Give yourself a pat on the back each time you hang in there when you’re scared.” -Marilyn Barrick (Marilyn Cooper Barrick (1932 - 2007))
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“Courage from hearts, and not from numbers, grows.” -John Dryden (1631 - 1700): “Annus Mirabilis” (1667), stanza 76, line 304; type of work: poem
“Fears are nothing more than states of mind.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon ‘Napoleon’ Hill (1883 - 1970))
“You do not have to be fearless, just don’t let fear stop you.” -Charles Day (Charles Peckham Day (born 1976)): speech (May 2014) to graduating class of Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts, United States of America
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“We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.” -Titus Livius (also known simply as Livy (59 B.C.E. - C.E. 17))
“If you do not do the thing you fear, the fear controls your life.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
“Bravery is acknowledging your fear and doing it anyway.” -Cheryl Strayed
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“Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.” -C. C. Colton (Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832))
“There is no courage without fear.” -Author Unknown
“The only known cure for fear is faith.” -Lena Kellogg Sadler (1875 - 1939)
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“Tell a man he is brave, and you help him to become so.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)
“Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.” [translation to English]
“Animus tamen omnia vincit. Ille etiam vires corpus habere facit.” [original Latin]
-Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17)): “Epistolæ Ex Ponto,” II, 7, 75
“We must travel in the direction of our fear.” -John Berryman (1914 - 1972)
“Fear makes men believe the worst.” [translation to English]
“Ad deteriora credenda proni metu.” [original Latin]
-Quintus Curtius Rufus: “De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni,” IV, 3, 22
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“If you work past a fear, if you jump over the barrier of a fear, if you act despite a fear, what will be beyond, what will be on the other side, what will you experience?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.” -Bethany Hamilton (Bethany Meilani Hamilton-Dirks (born 1990))
“What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.” -Tim Ferriss (Timothy ‘Tim’ Ferriss (born 1977))
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“Be brave. Even if you’re not, pretend to be. No one can tell the difference.” -H. Jackson Brown (Horace Jackson Brown, Junior (1940 - 2021)): “Life’s Little Instruction Book” (1991)
“Ultimately, we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.” -Marilyn Ferguson
“Stop letting fear rule your life.” -Author Unknown
“Courage is your greatest present need.” -Author Unknown
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“With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.” -Keshavan Nair (born 1932)
“Life begins where fears end.” -Author Unknown
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