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    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.

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I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, read more

I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see people differently than the way we were brought up to.

by Alice Walker Found in: Fear Quotes,
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You are uneasy, . . . you never sailed with me before, I see.

You are uneasy, . . . you never sailed with me before, I see.

by Andrew Jackson Found in: Fear Quotes,
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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.

by Lance Armstrong Found in: Fear Quotes,
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You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the
means he uses to frighten you.

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the
means he uses to frighten you.

by James Anthony Froude Found in: Fear Quotes,
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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.

by Richard Baxter Found in: Fear Quotes,
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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.

by William Cowper Found in: Fear Quotes,
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Fear is the passion of slaves.

Fear is the passion of slaves.

by Patrick Henry Found in: Fear Quotes,
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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.

by Joanna Baillie Found in: Fear Quotes,
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No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

by C.s. Lewis Found in: Fear Quotes,
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