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I fear not the man who has practised 10,000 kicks, but I do fear the man who has practised one kick 10,000 times.
bruce lee
Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.
Barack Obama— "The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the Untied Kingdom in London, England," April 1, 2009. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project.
I believe Gandhi is the only person who knew about real democracy — not democracy as the right to go and buy what you want, but democracy as the responsibility to be accountable to everyone around you. Democracy begins with freedom from hunger, freedom from unemployment, freedom from fear, and freedom from hatred. To me, those are the real freedoms on the basis of which good human societies are based.
vandana shiva— As quoted in, "In the Footsteps of Gandhi: An Interview with Vandana Shiva" by Scott London.
I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
rosa parks— Quiet Strength: the Faith, the Hope, and the Heart of a Woman Who Changed a Nation
It is asserted that the dogs keep running when they drink at the Nile, for fear of becoming a prey to the voracity of the crocodile.
pliny the elder— Book VIII, sec. 148.
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
nelson mandela— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (1995)
Alike were they free from fear, that reigns with the tyrant, and envy, the vice of republics. Neither locks had they to their doors, nor bars to their windows; But their dwellings were open as day and the hearts of their owners; There the richest was poor, and the poorest lived in abundance.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow— Part I, section 1
If you knew how great is a mother's love, you would have no fear.
j. m. barrie— Peter Pan (1904, pg. 98)
If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
— 1978 Address to the Future Farmers of America, Kansas City, 9 Nov.
Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.
bruce lee— Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living, Part VIII: On Ultimate (Final) Principles, p. 121 (2000).
Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear.
langston hughes— "Democracy"
Who holds a sword is tempted, who has youth must play, he who does not fear death on earth does not fear God.
Nikos Kazantzakis— Odysseus, Book VIII, line 560
It is good to be a cynic it is better to be a contented cat and it is best not to exist at all. Universal suicide is the most logical thing in the world we reject it only because of our primitive cowardice and childish fear of the dark. If we were sensible we would seek death the same blissful blank which we enjoyed before we existed.
h. p. lovecraft— "Nietzscheism and Realism" from The Rainbow, Vol. I, No. 1 (October 1921); reprinted in "To Quebec and the Stars", and also in Collected Essays, Volume 5: Philosophy edited by S. T. Joshi, p. 71
Many people together won't fear a tiger, and many dogs together won't fear a wolf.
— As quoted in John S. Rohsenow, ABC Dictionary of Chinese Proverbs, (2003)
You need have no fear of any failure.
Percy Harrison Fawcett— Last words written to his wife (1925). Collected in Exploration Fawcett.
The Muslim world, with its history and cultures, and indeed its different interpretations of Islam, is still little known in the West… The two worlds, Muslim and non-Muslim, Eastern and Western, must, as a matter of urgency, make a real effort to get to know one another, for I fear that what we have is not a clash of civilisations, but a clash of ignorance on both sides.
aga khan iv— Closing Address by His Highness the Aga Khan at the "Musée-Musées" Round Table Louvre Museum, October 17, 2007 (AKDN)
I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I reflect, and out of all of this I try to form an idea into which I put as much common sense as I can. I shall not speak much for fear of saying foolish things; I will risk still less for fear of doing them, for I am not disposed to abuse the confidence which they have deigned to show me. Such is the conduct which until now I have followed and will follow.
lafayette, gilbert du motier, marquis de— Letter to his father-in-law, the Duc d'Ayan (4 December 1776), as quoted in George Washington's Generals and Opponents : Their Exploits and Leadership (1994) by George Athan Billias, p. 219
When by these steps he has got resolution enough not to be deterr'd from what he ought to do, by the apprehension of danger; when fear does not, in sudden or hazardous occurrences, decompose his mind, set his body a-trembling, and make him unfit for action, or run away from it, he has then the courage of a rational creature: and such an hardiness we should endeavour by custom and use to bring children to, as proper occasions come in our way.
john locke— Sec. 115 (Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693))
Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.
james stephens— The Crock of Gold (Charleston: BiblioBazaar, [1912] 2006) p. 13.
My debts are large, my failures great, my shame secret and heavy; yet when I come to ask for my good, I quake in fear lest my prayer be granted.
rabindranath tagore— Rabindranath Tagore, Gitanjali, 28.
Less base the fear of death than fear of life.
Edward Young— Edward Young, Night Thoughts (1742-1745), Night V, line 441.
What is history , after all, but the record of the periodical crusades for or against some bogey which believing men have evolved out of their credulity and fear ?
— Ernest Boyd in: Raymond Woodbury Pence Essays of Today, Macmillan, 1935, p.94
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge. Wisdom and discipline are what mere fools have despised.
— Solomon, Proverbs 1:7 ; New World Translation
Those fear and Loathing drawings were only possible for me because of the America's Cup six months earlier, which injected the the drawings with the eerie sense of being there to record the sensations. It was a regurgitation, a psycho-artistic vomit - a creative, cathartic cleansing of my inner being.
ralph steadman— The America's Cup, p. 63
The scholars who understand it hesitate to speak out boldly for fear people will not understand. The people, who understand it quite easily, also fear to speak out while they wait for the scholars to speak out first. The difference between our present situation and that of the story is that it is not the emperor but the people who are periodically made to go naked and hungry and insecure and discontented - a ready prey to less timid organizers of discontent for the destruction of the civilization.
abba lerner— (1951, pg.16) [3]
In civilized societies today ... clitoris envy, or womb envy, takes subtle forms. Man's constant need to disparage woman, to humble her, to deny her equal rights, and to belittle her achievements all are expressions of his innate envy and fear.
elizabeth gould davis— The First Sex, ch. 9 - The Sexual Revolution (1971).
