Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.

Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.

It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome.
[Lat., Crux est si metuas quod vincere nequeas.]

It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome.
[Lat., Crux est si metuas quod vincere nequeas.]

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

I came to believe it not true that "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man only one." I read more

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.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

An aching tooth is better out than in,
To lose a rotten member is a gain.

An aching tooth is better out than in,
To lose a rotten member is a gain.

Fear always springs from ignorance.

Fear always springs from ignorance.

Fear is an ague, that forsakes
And haunts, by fits, those whom it takes;
And they'll opine read more

Fear is an ague, that forsakes
And haunts, by fits, those whom it takes;
And they'll opine they feel the pain
And blows they felt, to-day, again.

Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy.

Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy.