“Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong he has a thousand who has overcome it.”
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“The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me.”
“To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it those who have, fear it.”
“A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations.”
“Even as we enumerate their shortcomings, the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to us our mothers' incredible strength. We fear both. If they are not strong, who will protect us? If they are not imperfect, how can we equal them?”
“No one should have to choose between medicine and other necessities. No one should have to use the emergency room every time a child gets sick. And no one should have to live in constant fear that a medical problem will become a financial crisis.”
“Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result.”
“It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.”
“I expect nothing. I fear no one. I am free.”
“So the Marine Corps really did teach me to conquer fear, and then to go for higher causes, higher purposes.”
“Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.”
“To overcome a fear, here's all you have to do: realize the fear is there, and do the action you fear anyway.”
“To me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because it's very easy in this game to believe you're something special.”
“I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's active disengagement.”
“A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.”
“When you are 16 there is no fear whatsoever. As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.”
“Let us banish fear.”
“Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.”
“Dare to be honest and fear no labor.”
“No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.”
“Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.”
“I think 'Dilbert' will remain popular as long as employees are frustrated and they fear the consequences of complaining too loudly. 'Dilbert' is the designated voice of discontent for the workplace. I never planned it that way. It just happened.”
“If we fear the unknown then surely we fear ourselves.”
“Love is the total absence of fear. Love asks no questions. Its natural state is one of extension and expansion, not comparison and measurement.”