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  Always wake up with a smile knowing that today you are going to have fun accomplishing what others are too afraid to do.

  Mark Cuban

  Motivational, Success, Smile

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• The impulse to tell the truth was not as great as the fear of being left off the page.

  Jonathan Messinger

  Pages, Telling The Truth, Impulse

  Jonathan Messinger (2007). “Hiding Out”, p.179, featherproof books

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• I wouldn't give a tinker's damn for a man who isn't sometimes afraid. Fear's the spice that makes it interesting to go ahead.

  Daniel Boone

  Men, Giving, Interesting

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• When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Strong Women, Courage, Moving Up

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• The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Inspirational, Motivational, Men

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• Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.

  Virgil Thomson

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Failure

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• Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.

  William Congreve

  Inspirational, War, Empowerment

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• An affectionate disposition not only makes the mind more peaceful
  and calm, but it affects our body in a positive way too. On the
  other hand, hatred, jealousy and fear upset our peace of mind, make
  us agitated and affect our body adversely. Even our body needs peace
  of mind and is not suited to agitation. This shows that an
  appreciation for peace of mind is in our blood.

  Dalai Lama

  Jealousy, Appreciation, Buddhist

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• Psychoanalysis is often about turning our ghosts into ancestors.

  Norman Doidge

  Ghost, Ancestor, Psychoanalysis

  Norman Doidge (2007). “The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science”, p.243, Penguin

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• Do that which you dread and cherish those victories with pride.

  Og Mandino

  Pride, Victory, Cherish

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• Half of the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping.

  Thomas Hood

  Inspirational, Horse, Failure

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• Fear is a tyrant and a despot, more terrible than the rack, more potent than the snake.

  Edgar Wallace

  Snakes, Tyrants, Racks

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• Every time we choose safety, we reinforce fear.

  Cheri Huber

  Inspirational, Life Changing, Safety

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• Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Giving, Spurs, Danger

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• That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.

  Anatole France

  Future, Men, Events

  Anatole France (2007). “Golden Tales of Anatole France”, p.12, Wildside Press LLC

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• People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters.

  Bill Gates

  Inspirational, Ignorance, Technology

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• A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations.

  Kathie Lee Gifford

  People, Leaving, Situation

  Kathie Lee Gifford, Jim Jerome (1993). “I Can't Believe I Said That!: An Autobiography”, MacMillan Publishing Company

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• The first and great commandment is: Don't let them scare you.

  Elmer Davis

  Inspirational, Motivational, Scare

  'But We Were Born Free' (1954) ch. 1

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• I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed sometimes fail, but not oftener than the forebodings of the gloomy.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Hope, Wisdom, Leaving

  Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). “Jefferson: Political Writings”, p.49, Cambridge University Press

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• Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Inspirational, Life, Spring

  Orison Swett Marden (1907). “The Optimistic Life”

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• There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Passion, Worry, Suffering

  Michel de Montaigne (1958). “Complete Essays”, p.208, Stanford University Press

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• The thing I fear most is fear.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Inspirational, Political

  Michel de Montaigne (1958). “Complete Essays”, p.53, Stanford University Press

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• It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Change, Positive

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses”, p.2, Courier Corporation

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• The timidity of the child or the savage is entirely reasonable; they are alarmed at this world, because this world is a very alarming place. They dislike being alone because it is verily and indeed an awful idea to be alone. Barbarians fear the unknown for the same reason that Agnostics worship it - because it is a fact.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Children, Ideas, Savages

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• We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason.

  Edward R. Murrow

  Age, Due Process Of Law, Driven

  Edward R. Murrow (1967). “In Search of Light: The Broadcasts of Edward R. Murrow, 1938-1961”

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