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

Being brave isn't the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.

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

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.

You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.

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

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

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

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