Fear

“When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one ...

“We should never let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes” - John Kennedy ...

"A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears." - Michel de Montaigne ...

“To the man who is afraid, everything rustles.” - Sophocles ...

"Always do what you are afraid to do" - Ralph Waldo Emerson ...

"You don't have to be afraid of what you are." ...

"Face your fears and doubts, and new worlds will open to you." - Kiyosaki ...

"I always believed that fear belonged to other people. Weaker people. It never touched me. And then it did. And when it touched you, you know...that it's always been there all along. Waiting beneath the surface of everything you loved." ...

“Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously ...

"The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly without fear for newer and richer experiences." - Eleanor Roosevelt ...