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Fear

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man. – Jiddu Krishnamurti

Writing is a form of therapy sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation. – Graham Greene

The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear. – Brian Tracy

The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free. – Oprah Winfrey

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know. – Napoleon Bonaparte

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice. – Plato

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. – George Washington Carver

The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear – fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety. – H. L. Mencken

The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls. – Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest. – Napoleon Bonaparte

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge. – Dale Carnegie

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. – Babe Ruth

God will never direct us to be prideful, arrogant and unforgiving, immoral or slothful or full of fear. We step into these things because we are insensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit within us. – Charles Stanley

Fear is the foundation of most governments. – John Adams

Fear follows crime and is its punishment. – Voltaire

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

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without. – Martin Luther

The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder. – Richard Bach

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. – Thomas Paine

Fear is the passion of slaves. – Patrick Henry