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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.