I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. less than 1 minute read
When you write biographies, whether it’s about Ben Franklin or Einstein, you discover something amazing: They are human. less than 1 minute read
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ less than 1 minute read
When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. less than 1 minute read
We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face… we must do that which we think we cannot. less than 1 minute read
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. less than 1 minute read
When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger. less than 1 minute read
I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear… that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived. less than 1 minute read
If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin. less than 1 minute read
