No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
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.
Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.
FEAR, FAILURE SELDOM STOPS YOU
Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.
FEAR, WORRY IS A CYCLE OF INEFFICIENT THOUGHTS