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Fear

The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another. – Noam Chomsky

I have no fear of losing my life – if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it. – Steve Irwin

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement. – Jimmy Carter

While we are focusing on fear, worry, or hate, it is not possible for us to be experiencing happiness, enthusiasm or love. – Bo Bennett

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. – William Congreve

The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men. – Emile Zola

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure. – Samuel Butler

The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them. – George W. Bush

I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him. – Saint Teresa of Avila

The thing I fear most is fear. – Michel de Montaigne

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

The Christian fear of the pagan outlook has damaged the whole consciousness of man. – David Herbert Lawrence

Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual – and the soul of a people. – Anwar Sadat

How very little can be done under the spirit of fear. – Florence Nightingale

Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself. – J. K. Rowling

Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger. – Ben Okri

This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall Lord of himself, though not of lands, And leaving nothing, yet hath all. – Lord Byron

From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever That dead men rise up never That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea. – Algernon Charles Swinburne

Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear. – Dan Millman

Scalded cats fear even cold water. – Thomas Fuller