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Tag Tag Fear
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Franklin D. Roosevelt First Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1933

Quotes

“Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.”

Amelia Earhart · 20 Hrs. 40 Min., 1928 · Primary source

“The thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.”

Ayn Rand · Atlas Shrugged, 1957 · Primary source

“The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Lacedaemon [Sparta], made war inevitable.”

Thucydides · History of the Peloponnesian War, 431 BC · Primary source

“Do not take counsel of your fears.”

George S. Patton · War As I Knew It, 1947 · Primary source

“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, 1994 · Primary source

“Fear always springs from ignorance.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · The American Scholar, 1837 · Primary source

“He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.”

Leonardo da Vinci · The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, 1888 · Primary source

“Threats alone are the weapons of the threatened man.”

Leonardo da Vinci · The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, 1888 · Primary source

“How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened!”

Thomas Jefferson · Letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith, 1825 · Primary source

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life and the procedure. The process is its own reward.”

Amelia Earhart · No reliable source

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.”

Marie Curie · No reliable source

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