Franklin fear to do ill and you need fear nought else

Fear to do ill, and you need fear nought else.

Benjamin Franklin

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the confidence, and the courage which flow from conviction.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully.

Frances Moore Lappe

No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.

Edmund Burke

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

Ferdinand Foch

For to fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For no one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man. But men fear it as if they knew quite well that it was the greatest of evils.

Socrates

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A child understands fear and the hurt and hate it brings.

Epictetus

A show of daring oft conceals great fear.

Lucan

A threat is basically a means for establishing a bargaining position by inducing fear in the subject. When a threat is used, it should always be implied that the subject himself is to blame by using words such as "You leave me no other choice but to..."

CIA Manual

Action conquers fear.

Peter Nivio Zarlenga

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.

Kahlil Gibran

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.

Stendhal

All religions have periods in their history which are looked back to with retrospective fear and trembling as eras of persecution, and each religion has its own book of martyrs.

Richard Le Gallienne

Almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

Steve Jobs

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

Harry S Truman

Americans have discovered fear.

Jose Saramago

Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he was untouchable and he said so openly.

Ryszard Kapuscinski

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord. (Psalms 40:3)

Bible

And the angel said unto them, "Fear not! For, behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, Which shall be to all people. "For unto you is born this day in the city of David A Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, Lying in a manger. (St. Luke ii. 10-12)

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And when you journey in the earth, there is no blame on you if you shorten the prayer, if you fear that those who disbelieve will cause you distress, surely the unbelievers are your open enemy. (The Women 4.101)

Koran

Franklin fear to do ill and you need fear nought else

Fear to do ill, and you need fear nought else.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the confidence, and the courage which flow from conviction.

Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully.

Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.

No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

A child understands fear and the hurt and hate it brings.

A show of daring oft conceals great fear.

A threat is basically a means for establishing a bargaining position by inducing fear in the subject. When a threat is used, it should always be implied that the subject himself is to blame by using words such as "You leave me no other choice but to..."

Action conquers fear.

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.

All religions have periods in their history which are looked back to with retrospective fear and trembling as eras of persecution, and each religion has its own book of martyrs.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

Americans have discovered fear.

Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he was untouchable and he said so openly.

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord. (Psalms 40:3)

And when you journey in the earth, there is no blame on you if you shorten the prayer, if you fear that those who disbelieve will cause you distress, surely the unbelievers are your open enemy. (The Women 4.101)