It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome.
[Lat., Crux est si metuas quod vincere nequeas.]

It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome.
[Lat., Crux est si metuas quod vincere nequeas.]

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.

Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of
God.

Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of
God.

Fear has many eyes.
[Sp., El miedo tiene muchos ojos.]

Fear has many eyes.
[Sp., El miedo tiene muchos ojos.]

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

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

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

I came to believe it not true that "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man only one." I read more

I came to believe it not true that "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man only one." I think it is the other way around: It is the brave who die a thousand deaths. For it is imagination, and not just conscience, which doth make cowards of us all. Those who do not know fear are not truly brave.

He had a feeling that the answer was quite different and that he ought to know it, but he could read more

He had a feeling that the answer was quite different and that he ought to know it, but he could not think of it. He began to get frightened, and that is bad for thinking.