Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile initially scared me to death. ~ Betty Bender

A fool without fear is sometimes wiser than an angel with fear. ~ Nancy Astor

I can’t run away when I’m scared. I always have to attack. That’s how I deal with seemingly difficult things. ~ Will Smith, Parade, 7/11/04

Fear imprisons, faith liberates; fear paralyzes, faith empowers; fear disheartens, faith encourages; fear sickens, faith heals; fear makes useless, faith makes serviceable. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick

In my experience, God rarely makes our fear disappear. Instead, he asks us to be strong and take courage. Courage is not the absence of fear. You could day that without fear you can’t have genuine courage. ~ Bruce Wilkinson, Dream Giver

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They are more afraid of life than death. ~ James F. Byrnes

Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt. ~ George Sewell

All our fears stem from a self-centered place, from the big fear that something bad will happen to us, that we will somehow be hurt or worse, embarrassed. ~ Nancy O'Hara, Just Listen

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends. ~ Shirley MacLaine

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. ~ Plato

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