If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

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 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.

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.

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.]

Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy.

Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy.

We are not apt to fear for the fearless, when we are companions
in their danger.

We are not apt to fear for the fearless, when we are companions
in their danger.

As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

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

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