A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.

Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

Fear makes us feel our humanity.

There are many victories worse than a defeat.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes adversity not without many comforts and hopes.

There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.