I think we have to own the fears that we
have of each other, and then, in some
practical way, some daily way, figure
out how to see people differently
than the way we were brought up to.
?Alice Walker
I came to believe it not true that "the
coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man
only one." I think it is the other way around:
It is the brave who die a thousand deaths.
For it is imagination, and not just conscience,
which doth make cowards of us all. Those
who do not know fear are not truly brave.
?Leo Rosten
Since love and fear can hardly coexist
together, if we must choose between them,
it is far safer to be feared than loved.
?Niccolo Machiavelli
Men are moved by only two
things: fear and self-interest.
?Napoleon Bonaparte
He had a feeling that the answer
was quite different and that he ought
to know it, but he could not think
of it. He began to get frightened,
and that is bad for thinking.
?J. R. R. Tolkien
Remember that everyone you meet is
afraid of something, loves something
and has lost something.
?H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Some people are brave, others
are just too stupid to be afraid.
?Philip R. Breeze
It is better to be frightened
now than killed hereafter.
?Winston Churchill
A fool boasts of those who fear
him; a wise man's pride
is those who respect him.
?Philip R. Breeze
Never fear shadows. They simply mean
there's a light shining somewhere nearby.
?Ruth Renkel
Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.
?Leo Rosten
Keep your fears to yourself but
share your courage with others
?G.K. Chesteron
Early and provident fear
is the mother of safety.
?Edmund Burke
