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" Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. "

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" The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. "

Franklin D. Roosevelt

" Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible. "

" Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use. "

" It's human nature to not say everything that's on your mind at the time you think it. Because we fear saying something that people will laugh at, people will think is dumb. We're afraid of being embarrassed. "

" 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

" Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. "

Bertrand Russell

" I've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people. "

" So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, 'The good outnumber you, and we always will.' "

" Anger is certainly a kind of baseness, as it appears well in the weakness of those subjects in whom it reigns: children, women, old folks, sick folks. "

" Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind. "

" The first several years of my life were used to upload incredible amounts of fear, and I just became afraid of everything. I was afraid of my parents, afraid of my classmates, afraid of the streets of Washington, D.C. I would flinch at every gesture. "

" I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness. "

Mariska Hargitay

" The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven't had that fear. "

" It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly. "

" Fear is always a good motivator. "

" 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. "

" Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in church. They're afraid God might recognize them and ask for autographs. "

" If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. "

" I think what's important is for us to decipher what is honest and what is dishonest and be accepting of those things and not operating from fear. "

" I think I have a big fear of things spiraling out of control. Out of control and dangerous and reckless and thoughtless scares me, because people get hurt. "

" Do things that are uncomfortable to do. I say that because women tend to step back from things that they don't know about. And the second, most important one is, push through the fear. "

" As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others. "

Marianne Williamson

" You see, what is my purpose of performance artist is to stage certain difficulties and stage the fear the primordial fear of pain, of dying, all of which we have in our lives, and then stage them in front of audience and go through them and tell the audience, 'I'm your mirror; if I can do this in my life, you can do it in yours.' "

Marina Abramovic

" Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear. "

" My story is a freedom song of struggle. It is about finding one's purpose, how to overcome fear and to stand up for causes bigger than one's self. "

Coretta Scott King

" Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable. "

" I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship. "

Louisa May Alcott

" Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power. "

" Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. "

" And if the great fear had not come upon me, as it did, and forced me to do my duty, I might have been less good to the people than some man who had never dreamed at all, even with the memory of so great a vision in me. "