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
The beauty, the poetry of the fear in their eyes. I didn't mind going to jail for, what, five, six hours? It was absolutely worth it. Johnny Depp
You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind. Dale Carnegie
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
Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use. Earl Nightingale
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
Americans are in a cycle of fear which leads to people not wanting to spend and not wanting to make investments, and that leads to more fear. We'll break out of it. It takes time. Warren Buffett
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