If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
Being brave isn't the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.
FEAR, BEING BRAVE ISN'T THE ABSENCE OF FEAR
It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.
To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.
FEAR, LOSE OUR FEAR OF BEING WRONG
There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.