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" We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear. "

Hussein of Jordan

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" Man is not made better by being degraded; he is seldom restrained from crime by harsh measures, except the principle of fear predominates in his character, and then he is never made radically better for its influence. "

" If you were born really ugly like me, have no fear. There's steps you can take to be good-looking. Kind of. "

" If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear. "

" Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it. "

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" There's no love more intense than the love we have for our kids - and where there is intense love, there is also intense fear lurking beneath the surface. "

Arianna Huffington

" I came from a very loving home, had a happy life with no great aspirations, but going to the seminary changed me. There was a chunk of my childhood missing. Once I'd realised it wasn't for me, I still felt a tremendous pressure to continue for fear of letting everybody down. "

" I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. "

" The soul grows by reincarnation in bodies provided by nature, more complex, more powerful, as the soul unfolds greater and greater faculties. And so the soul climbs upward into the light eternal. And there is no fear for any child of man, for inevitably he climbs towards God. "

" Fear is excitement without breath. "

" The entire educational process must be carried out with love, which is perceptible in every disciplinary measure and which does not instill any fear. And the most effective educational method is not the word of instruction but the living example without which all words remain useless. "

" As I get older, the more I stay focused on the acceptance of myself and others, and choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear. "

Tracee Ellis Ross

" You see in times of crisis that extremist forces, populist forces, have a better ground to oversimplify things and to manipulate feelings. Feelings of fear. "

Jose Manuel Barroso

" I feel connected to my generation through the music, but I also fear for us. We're in a very self-destructive state where we're addicted to outside opinions and we all feel like we have fans. "

" We oppose occupation of land by force and we believe in dialogue as the method for regaining Arab rights. This is the spirit of the Great Arab Revolt. "

Hussein of Jordan

" Actually, I have this random fear, and it's of bees and wasps. Bees and wasps actually scare me just a little bit. I'd rather have a snake or a crocodile, yes... I appreciate them, and I love them, but I have a slight fear. "

" How very little can be done under the spirit of fear. "

Florence Nightingale

" The mark of fear is not easily removed. "

" There is no passion so contagious as that of fear. "

Michel de Montaigne

" I'm always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I'm going to get up in the morning. "

" Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear. "

Niccolo Machiavelli

" I am pretty fearless, and you know why? Because I don't handle fear very well; I'm not a good terrified person. "

" There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do. "

Luc de Clapiers

" We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful. "

" To him who is in fear everything rustles. "

" I do not fear anybody on the field or in society, but I fear at night when I am away from my parents. I am scared of the unknown described in horror movies. "

" What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it. "

Jiddu Krishnamurti

" Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. "

John F. Kennedy

" People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar. "

Thich Nhat Hanh

" I suffer from vertigo. It's paralyzing in extreme situations. The most scared I've been as an adult was trying to conquer that fear by going climbing in Wales. "