Don’t be ashamed of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything.
Don’t give in to your fears. If you do, you won’t be able to talk to your heart.
Do not be afraid; our fate. Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
Come on back and we’ll see if you remember the simplest thing of all: how it is to be children, secure in belief and thus afraid of the dark.
Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity towards those who are not regarded as members of the herd.
Children will always be afraid of the dark, and men with minds sensitive to hereditary impulse will always tremble at the thought of the hidden and fathomless worlds of strange life which may pulsate in the gulfs beyond the stars, or press hideously upon our own globe in unholy dimensions which only the dead and the moonstruck can glimpse.
Boldness in battle is nothing out of the way for a Scotsman, ye ken, but to face down fear in cold blood is rare in any man.
Beware, for I am fearless and therefore powerful.
Becoming fearless isn’t the point. That’s impossible. It’s learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
And the intensest form of hatred is that rooted in fear.
