You don't have to be fearless to do anything; you can be scared out of your mind. I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a 'jazz musician' - it's a big responsibility. Esperanza Spalding bigcallfear share on social
I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. Erica Jong acceptaheadback 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
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences. Francois de La Rochefoucauld consequencefearremorse Change image and 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
Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. David Ben-Gurion couragefearknowledge Change image and share on social
In school, my biggest fear was that I couldn't produce emotion on cue. Christian Borle bigcueemotion Change image and share on social
Sides are being divided now. It's very obvious. So if you're on the other side of the fence, you're suddenly anti-American. It's breeding fear of being on the wrong side. Sam Shepard americanantibreed Change image and share on social
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. Isaac Asimov computerfearlack Change image and share on social