A lot of pieces I have written have to do with courage. As a result, people think that I am naturally brave. But what people don’t know, is that I grew up with phobias and...

Aaron had a very busy summer, and that’s something a lot of coaches fear. I don’t know if that has something to do with it. Sometimes international experience can wear on you.

For there are two reasons why human beings face danger calmly: they may have no experience of it, or they may have means to deal with it: thus when in danger at sea people may...

I can push everything into the dark.But it leaves me empty.And the dark always ends up finding me in my sleep

BEFRIENDING THE BODY Trauma victims cannot recover until they become familiar with and befriend the sensations in their bodies. Being frightened means that you live in a body that is always on guard. Angry people...

The strongest love is that which flows out of fear.

I hate going back. I’d rather live at the bottom of my river of black, dragged this way and that by the forces that be, than go back there. Those forty-eight hours took twenty years...

Courage is not only a form of inspiration, but an effective weapon to achieve anything you desire on this earth.

Even the smallest changes in our daily routine can create incredible ripple effects that expand our vision of what is possible.

When someone reacts violently and aggressively, it only goes to demonstrate the lack of truth, trust and confidence in oneself and issue that we are defending. It rather portrays the guilt, shame and self anger...

The financial and fundamental impact is not as severe as some might fear.

Child, child, love while you can The voice and the eyes and the soul of a man; Never fear though it break your heart-Out of the wound new joy will start; Only love proudly and...

Every triumph has to overcome the fear of tragedy.

Of all base passions fear is most accurs’d.

You can’t stay here any more. My fears have been irrational and they’ve forced me to make unwise decisions and accept the unacceptable.

It is not lies or a lack of loyalty that ends a relationship. It is the agonizing truth that one person feels in their heart on a daily basis. It is realizing that you are...

To stiffen into stone, to persevere!We long forever for the right to stay.But all that stays with us is fear,And we shall never rest upon our way.

I rather be a stupid person wanting clarification and answers, in order to be wiser, than be a stupid person that blindly believes the lies they are told, without question.

Knowing failure is part of our process, and leads to new ideas, stronger work, and more honest questions, liberates us to peer, a little less frightened, into the unknown.

You can tell a lot about a society by what it fears.

The future might be dark, but darkness shared wasn’t a thing to be feared.It was to be embraced.

{The resolution of the surviving members of the Eleventh Illinois Cavalry, whom Robert Ingersoll was the commander of, at his funeral quoted here}Robert G. Ingersoll is dead. The brave soldier, the unswerving patriot, the true...

We are all so afraid, we are all so alone, we all so need from the outside the assurance of our own worthiness to exist. So, for a time, if such a passion come to...

I know a manHe came from my home townHe wore his passion for his womanLike a thorny crownHe said “DoloresI live in fearMy love for you’s so overpoweringI’m afraid that I will disappear

The eye of danger and the face of fear are what really pull off a person’s mask.

Now everything was changed. She walked about with cautious, anxious steps, staring constantly at the ground, on the lookout for things that crept and crawled. Bushes were dangerous, and so were sea grass and rain...

If you think about the conditions the victims of Katrina endured… the stress and fear must have been unimaginable, … When real news isn’t available, rumors percolate to fill the gap… . People start conjecturing.

We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most.

Timid people always reek their peevishness on the gentle.

To the cowards, change is a want; to the weak, change is a wish; but to the brave, change is a must. People who put change ahead of all things are those who make a...

You know, the whole thing about perfectionism. The perfectionism is very dangerous. Because of course if your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything. Because doing anything results in…it’s actually kind of...

I make a joke of it, but… but I’m afraid of death.” He straightened up and turned to look into Joseph’s eyes. Joseph saw the fear there and was shocked by the intensity of it....

How strange it is. We have these deep terrible lingering fears about ourselves and the people we love. Yet we walk around, talk to people, eat and drink. We manage to function. The feelings are...

Me dan miedo los gatos blancos porque son igual de malos que los gatos negros, pero no hay manera de mirarlos y que no te apetezca acariciarlos.

Change happens for youthe moment you want somethingmore than you fear it.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Absolutely not, why should I be afraid of something I know nothing about.” His orientation toward the unknown of death was not to fill the gap in his understanding with horror but potential.

If someone is playing on my fear, the natural tendency for a person is to throw all their energy and focus into protecting that vulnerability. But I say if you’re playing on my fear to...

If fear was a man he would never take risks.

There was a seminar for advanced students in Zürich that I was teaching and von Neumann was in the class. I came to a certain theorem, and I said it is not proved and it...

Her voice faltered to a stop. Fear and confusion clutched at her throat like some terrible beast, and suddenly she was finding it difficult to breathe.

Students of public speaking continually ask, “How can I overcomeself-consciousness and the fear that paralyzes me before anaudience?”Did you ever notice in looking from a train window that somehorses feed near the track and never...

That was how it was, sometimes. You put yourself in front of the thing and waited for whatever was going to happen and that was all. It scared you and it didn’t matter. You stood...

Maybe is wasn’t love so much as a fear of losing everything I’d accomplished. I was afraid to let go.

Love finds you, not the other way around, and you can’t run from it.

Love and Fear are polar opposites. Love originates from the soul, while Fear and worries and insecurities originate in the mind. Love is Heavenly, while Fear is Earthly. Love is a gift from Above, Fear...

Fear leads to death as the window to the courtyard. Jump!

She clung to the memories of her youth as if they were the only way she could save a piece of her soul from whatever it was she was about to face.

Because even though fear, hatred, and violence conspire to unmake the world, preemptive love unmakes violence.

What we fear too much we often bring to pass.