Like one, that on a lonesome road
Doth walk in fear and dread,
And having once turned read more

Like one, that on a lonesome road
Doth walk in fear and dread,
And having once turned round, walks on,
And turns no more his head;
Because he knows a frightful fiend
Doth close behind him tread.

Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.

Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

Fear is an ague, that forsakes
And haunts, by fits, those whom it takes;
And they'll opine read more

Fear is an ague, that forsakes
And haunts, by fits, those whom it takes;
And they'll opine they feel the pain
And blows they felt, to-day, again.

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.

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.

Fear always springs from ignorance.

Fear always springs from ignorance.

Men are moved by only two things: fear and self-interest.

Men are moved by only two things: fear and self-interest.

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.