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" The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything. "

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" Darkness might seem to obscure what's happening, but I find it's always pretty revelatory: it brings out the awe in us, the fear in us, the excitement of exploring the hidden or unknown. It seems to conceal, but it really shines a light on what we want, what we need, and what we'll do to get it. Especially when we think no one can see us. "

" One of the key elements of human behavior is, humans have a greater fear of loss than enjoyment of success. All the academic studies will show you that the fear of loss of capital is far greater than the enjoyment of gains. "

Laurence D. Fink

" Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way. "

" Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible. "

" Fear is the parent of cruelty. "

James Anthony Froude

" Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. "

" Is fear preventing you from taking action? Acknowledge the fear, watch it, take your attention into it, be fully present with it. Doing so cuts the link between the fear and your thinking. Don't let the fear rise up into your mind. Use the power of the Now. Fear cannot prevail against it. "

" 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

" Guatemala's ornate presidential palace, once a terrifying fortress whose every corridor was patrolled by heavily armed soldiers in berets and camouflage uniforms, is now a normal public building where ordinary citizens enter without fear. "

" I have trust issues with allowing other individuals to know my innermost secrets for fear of how I may be viewed. Everyone has this. "

" True nobility is exempt from fear. "

Marcus Tullius Cicero

" It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living. "

" The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully. "

" The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. "

" None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear. "

Bertrand Russell

" Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from. "

Peter McWilliams

" In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation. "

Simone de Beauvoir

" If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home. "

James A. Michener

" I love the ocean. I've always liked the blue, so tranquil and peaceful and gliding. And the fear of it. "

" The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves. "

" Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire. "

Jean de La Fontaine

" I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not. "

" There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive. "

" I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts. "

" I was such a sullen, angry, sad kid. I'm sure there are writers who have had happy childhoods, but what are you going to write about? No ghosts, no fear. I'm very happy that I had an unhappy and uncomfortable childhood. "

" An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head. "

" Fear of nothingness is fear of a certain physicality, a physicality whose phenomena I cannot predictably demarcate from its reality in advance. "

" A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand. "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

" Part of the reason that the government's fear mongering is succeeding is because so many people are so ignorant, that it is easier for government to frighten people in submission. "

" We are all human beings, immigrant or non-immigrant. We all feel fear. We all love and become confused when we don't act as well as we would like to. We all get depressed and have feelings of uselessness. All of these things are true and have always been true. "