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“I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.”
Erica Jong
“Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.”
Mark Twain
“It's fear of the unknown. The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that--it's all illusion. Unknown is what it is. Accept that it's unknown and it's plain sailing. Everything is unknown--then you're ahead of the game. That's what it is. Right?”
John Lennon
“Greed, like the love of comfort, is a kind of fear.”
Cyril Connolly
“There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest”
Napoleon Bonaparte
“Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.”
Niccolo Machiavelli
“A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti
“If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.”
Seneca
“I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?"”
General George S. Patton
“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”
Corrie Ten Boom
