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The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.
A fool boasts of those who fear him; a wise man's pride is those who respect him.
A fool boasts of those who fear him; a wise man's pride is those who respect him.
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.
It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter.
It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter.
 An aching tooth is better out than in,
 To lose a rotten member is a gain.  
 An aching tooth is better out than in,
 To lose a rotten member is a gain. 
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.
To acknowledge the presence of fear is to give birth to failure.
To acknowledge the presence of fear is to give birth to failure.
 The brave man is not he who feels no fear,
 For that were stupid and irrational;
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 The brave man is not he who feels no fear,
 For that were stupid and irrational;
  But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues,
   And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.