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

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" Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. "

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" I fear that my mind would starve and that I might find myself in danger if I had no visual information, that it's chiefly the light, the shapes, the spaces, the colors that I see that compel me to keep moving forward in life and that keep me safe. "

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" Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. "

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" A merchant who approaches business with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from the competition. "

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" You can defeat fear through humor, through pain, through honesty, bravery, intuition, and through love in the truest sense. "

John Cassavetes

" He has the deed half done who has made a beginning. "

" I have a fear of being broke. That's what I have a fear of. I'm not kidding. "

" I've become obsessed with trying to figure out who I am against situations that make me uncomfortable and not settled, ensuring that that fear of stagnation doesn't allow me to flip into that bubble of privilege. "

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" Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing. "

" The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead! "

George S. Patton

" Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten. "

Mary Catherine Bateson

" We have, I fear, confused power with greatness. "

" The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you. "

William Jennings Bryan

" I have seen (as far as it can be seen) many persons changed in a moment from the spirit of horror, fear, and despair to the spirit of hope, joy, peace; and from sinful desires, till then reigning over them, to a pure desire of doing the will of God. "

" Don't let fear or insecurity stop you from trying new things. Believe in yourself. Do what you love. And most importantly, be kind to others, even if you don't like them. "

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" Saints are ordinary people who do what they do for the love of Jesus, say what they must say without fear, love their neighbor even when they are cursed by him, and live without regret over yesterday or fear of tomorrow. "

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" When a match has equal partners then I fear not. "

" 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. "

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

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" Intimacy is not a happy medium. It is a way of being in which the tension between distance and closeness is dissolved and a new horizon appears. Intimacy is beyond fear. "

" Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we're thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don't show up. Amateurs crap out. Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows up, he does his work, he keeps on truckin', no matter what. "

Steven Pressfield

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" This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist. "

" Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. "