"Do what you fear and fear disappears." ~ David Schwartz
Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking. ~ Katharine Hepburn
We're all afraid of the same things. That's why horror is such a powerful genre. All you have to do is ask yourself what frightens you and you'll know what frightens me. ~ John Carpenter
I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me... Failure always made me try harder next time. ~ Michael Jordan, IBD, 1/16/04
Were the diver to think of the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl. ~ Sa'Di
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. ~ Louisa May Alcott
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, "Always do what you are afraid to do." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them. ~ Marilyn French
You can make people do anything if they're afraid. ~ Jim McDermott
Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed. ~ William Shakespeare, King Henry the Sixth
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. ~Eric Hoffer
Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it. - Les Brown
Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson