It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly. Margaret Mead
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will. W. Clement Stone
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence. Wangari Maathai
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. Benjamin Disraeli
I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve. Isoroku Yamamoto
In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth. Xun Zi
No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. Edmund Burke
At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division. Jesse Jackson
Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht
Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. Benjamin Disraeli
He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave. Matthew Henry
Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can and when once you take hope and fear away, you take from it its very life and being. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale. Will Durst
The fear really hits you. That's what you feel first. And then it's the anger and frustration. Part of the problem is how little we understand about the ultimate betrayal of the body when it rebels against itself. Charles Bronson