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

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

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

Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.

Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.

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.