I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him. Eleanor Roosevelt conquerexperiencefear Change image and share on social
After 9/11, many of the most important news outlets in America abdicated their role as a check to power - the journalistic responsibility to challenge the excesses of government - for fear of being seen as unpatriotic and punished in the market during a period of heightened nationalism. Edward Snowden abdicateamericachallenge share on social
Is fear preventing you from taking action? Acknowledge the fear, watch it, take your attention into it, be fully present with it. Doing so cuts the link between the fear and your thinking. Don't let the fear rise up into your mind. Use the power of the Now. Fear cannot prevail against it. Eckhart Tolle acknowledgeactionattention share on social
To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope. Miguel de Cervantes actionfearhope Change image and share on social
It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen. Herodotus anticipateboldnesscowardly Change image and share on social
The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care. F. H. Bradley careceasefear Change image and share on social
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. C. S. Lewis fearfeltgrief Change image and share on social
There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader can claim: 'this is not happening in my backyard.' Michelle Bachelet backyardcityclaim Change image and share on social
But I've always tried to make the best of fear, then, because without fears there's no art. Tracie Bennett artfearhave Change image and share on social
The library is seen as a force for self improvement and the pursuit of knowledge. I fear that in many cases this is no longer true, if it ever was. John Redwood casefearforce Change image and share on social