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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.

Errors and exaggerations do not matter. What matters is boldness in thinking with a strong-pitched voice, in speaking out about things as one feels them in the moment of speaking; in having the temerity to proclaim what one believes to be true without fear of the consequences. If one were to await the possession of the absolute truth, one must be either a fool or a mute. If the creative impulse were muted, the world would then be stayed on its march.

Even if their outward fortunes could be absolutely equalized, there would be, from individual constitution alone, an aristocracy and a democracy in every land. The fearful by nature would compose an aristocracy, the hopeful by nature a democracy, were all other causes of divergence done away.

Even now I can't trust life. It did too many awful things to me as a kid.

Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.

Even when I have to write a simple letter I'm scared stiff as if faced with looming seasickness.

Everybody's frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?

Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is angry inside when children misbehave and they dread more the anger that is rarely or never expressed openly, wondering how awful it might be.

Every decision you make - every decision - is not a decision about what to do. It's a decision about Who You Are. When you see this, when you understand it, everything changes. You begin to see life in a new way. All events, occurrences, and situations turn into opportunities to do what you came here to do.

Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.

Everyone fears and courts his own demon.

Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.

Everyone knew fear. It was the reaction that made the difference. Some people hated fear and avoided the experience. Some people endured it as a necessity. And some people became addicted to the rush.

Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us.

Everyone remembers his past with greater vividness as the present becomes more important. Dying men in their last delirium are supposed to see their whole life spread out before them.

Everyone says "I wish I was in your shoes...", the hundreds of people that wish they were in my shoes don't know the tenth of it. If they were in my shoes they would cry like a baby.

Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.

Everyone who has something is afraid of losing it, and people with nothing are worried they'll forever have nothing. Everyone is the same.

Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.

Everything we "know" from above [heaven], we know from down here [earth]. How can you take something like that seriously?

Every principle is a judgment, every judgment the outcome of experience, and experience is only acquired by the exercise of the senses; whence it follows that religious principles bear upon nothing whatever and are not in the slightest innate. Ignorance and fear, you will repeat to them, ignorance and fear - those are the twin bases of every religion.

Everywhere we look, the world urges us to turn on the radio or TV, to make a phone call, to see a movie. Many of us fear, worry, that if left alone with our thoughts and feelings, we may discover that we do not make very good company for ourselves.

Every time we choose safety, we reinforce fear.

Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

Failure is sucess if we learn from it.

Express everything you like. No word can hurt you. None. No idea can hurt you. Not being able to express an idea or word will hurt you more. Like a bullet.

Facing your fears robs them of their power.

Extreme fear can neither fight nor fly.

External fears cease of their own accord when once we have conquered these traitors within the camp.

Faith in God necessarily implies a lack of faith in humanity.

Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another.

Fear is a way of not allowing yourself to choose freely what you will do next; a way of letting your body's reflexes, not the needs of your mind, choose for you.

Far too many people have been swept into the post-9/11 system of fear that is the basis of all public policy these days.

Father was afraid of laughter and joy. He was particularly afraid of ridicule. He was afraid that someone would say that humans are descended from apes. Or that the earth is much older than four thousand years. Or that someone would ask where Noah go his polar bears from. Or that someone would swear. Father was terrified.

Fear is like a giant fog. It sits on your brain and blocks everything - real feelings, true happiness, real joy. They can't get through that fog. But you lift it, and buddy, you're in for the ride of your life.

Fear is never a reason for quitting; it is only an excuse.

Fear isn't an excuse to come to a standstill. It's the impetus to step up and strike.

Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from.

..Fear is the energy to do your best in a new situation. The feeling of fear (anxiety, nervousness, shyness, or any of its other aliases) is really "preparation energy". It's getting you ready to excel, to succeed, to do your best and to learn the most.

Fear is the highest fence.

Fear is the most damnable, damaging thing to human personality in the whole world.

Fear begins and ends with the desire to be secure; inward and outward security, with the desire to be certain, to have permanency. The continuity of permanence is sought in every direction, in virtue, in relationship, in action, in experience, in knowledge, in outward and inward things. To find security and be secure is the everlasting cry. It is this insistent demand that breeds fear.

Fear binds people together. And fear disperses them. Courage inspires communities: the courage of an example - for courage is as contagious as fear. But courage, certain kinds of courage, can also isolate the brave.

Fear can be good when you're walking past an alley at night or when you need to check the locks on your doors before you go to bed, but it's not good when you have a goal and you're fearful of obstacles. We often get trapped by our fears, but anyone who has had success has failed before.

Fear comes from the mind, love comes from your heart; listen to the heart.

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.

Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it.

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

Fear guides more than gratitude.