By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.
It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.
Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're a star you're dead already. You're embalmed.
Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.
If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin.
I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear... that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived.
When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger.
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.
When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.
Expose yourself to your deepest fear after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.
People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.
When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.
Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.