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.

No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.

The regrets of yesterday and the fear of tomorrow can kill you.

Fear not that the life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning.

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.

There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.