Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.”
Lucius C. Lactantius
Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Do not be afraid.
What you are afraid to do is a clear indication of the next thing you need to do.
Fear cuts deeper than swords. The man who fears losing has lost already.
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George R.R. Martin. Game of Thrones: Syrio. (via msadventures)
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.”
—— German Proverb
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
Don’t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.
Fear is a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life.
I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.