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

Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.

It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.

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

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.

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

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.

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.