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" Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear. "

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" Humor and laughter - not necessarily derogatory derision - are my pet tools. This may come from my general philosophy of never taking the world too seriously - for fear of dying of boredom. "

" I more fear what is within me than what comes from without. "

" A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run. "

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" I like those crisis moments - if you're on top of it and don't get pulled under by panic and fear, it's a very bonding thing. "

" To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. "

" So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to master nowadays: to look at things without fear, and to fearlessly do right. "

Friedrich Durrenmatt

" Finally, a good prosecutor knows that her job is to enforce the law without fear or favor. Likewise, a Supreme Court Justice must interpret the laws without fear or favor. "

" If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying. "

" Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight. "

" One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today. "

" Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them. "

Marilyn Ferguson

" Sometimes you must suffer through something to defeat your fear of it. "

" Changing our consumer behaviour is similar to quitting smoking. Unless people are shocked into doing it, either by social disapproval or family disapproval or fear of the medical consequences, they'll just keep on smoking. "

" Men's most superficial feelings lead them to prefer cruel laws. Nevertheless, when they are subjected to them themselves, it is in each man's interest that they be moderate, because the fear of being injured is greater than the desire to injure. "

Cesare Beccaria

" Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. "

" If there is one thing I fear less than everything else, it is, I believe, persecution for my opinions. There are a good many points about which I may be diffident, but when it comes to questions of Truth and intellectual independence, there is no holding me - I can envisage no finer end than to sacrifice oneself for a conviction. "

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

" I fear those big words which make us so unhappy. "

" There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind. "

Fyodor Dostoevsky

" Humble souls are fearful of their own strength. "

William Gurnall

" Do not fear mistakes. There are none. "

" Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think. "

" You know, sometimes I feel well and vital in the world, and sometimes I just feel so distressed I want to pull my hair out by the roots. "

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" Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom. "

Marilyn Ferguson

" If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive. "

" We have the force, the energy, and the determination, and we will not give in to fear. "

Emmanuel Macron

" I am totally fearless! Well, of course, I'm not totally fearless. I worry constantly and obsess over things, but I just don't let fear stand in the way of doing something that I really want to do. "

" Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence. And it is fragile. It can be blackened by fear and superstition. "

Bernard Beckett

" Our redemption through the suffering of Christ is that deeper love within us which not only frees us from slavery to sin, but also secures for us the true liberty of the children of God, in order that we might do all things out of love rather than out of fear - love for him that has shown us such grace that no greater can be found. "