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Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby.
Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby.
I am frightened at seeing all the footprints directed towards thy
den, and none returning.
[Lat., Quia ne read more
I am frightened at seeing all the footprints directed towards thy
den, and none returning.
[Lat., Quia ne vestigia terrent
Omnia te adversum spectantia, nulla retrosum.]
Some people are brave, others are just too stupid to be afraid.
Some people are brave, others are just too stupid to be afraid.
Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate read more
Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.
There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
In extreme danger fear feels no pity.
[Lat., In summo periculo timor miericordiam non recipit.]
In extreme danger fear feels no pity.
[Lat., In summo periculo timor miericordiam non recipit.]
To acknowledge the presence of fear is to give birth to failure.
To acknowledge the presence of fear is to give birth to failure.
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.
The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights
of another.
The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights
of another.