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

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

It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter.

It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter.

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.

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.]

Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.

Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.

His frown was full of terror, and his voice
Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe
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His frown was full of terror, and his voice
Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe
As left him not, till penitence had won
Lost favor back again, and clos'd the breach.

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.

Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.

Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.

Fear always springs from ignorance.

Fear always springs from ignorance.