Fear

“If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.” - George S ...

“The fear of becoming a ‘has-been’ keeps some people from becoming anything.’"                 - Eric Hoffer ...

"The more I traveled, the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends." - Shirley MacLaine ...

"The fear of being laughed at makes cowards of us all." - Mignon McLaughlin ...

"You don't have to be afraid of what you are." ...

“Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.” - Dorothy Thompson ...

“If fear alters behavior, you’re already defeated.” - Brenda Hammond ...

“When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one ...

"I always believed that fear belonged to other people. Weaker people. It never touched me. And then it did. And when it touched you, you know...that it's always been there all along. Waiting beneath the surface of everything you loved." ...

"Always do what you are afraid to do" - Ralph Waldo Emerson ...