Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so.
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
A coward dies a thousand deaths... a soldier dies but once.
No power so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down.
Its better to burn out than fade away.
A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.
There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
When desire dies, fear is born.
Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.
We should never negotiate out of fear, but we should never fear to negotiate.
Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.
Character building begins in our infancy, and continues until death.
The fear of criticism is at the bottom of the destruction of most ideas which never reach the planning and action stage.
My feet is my only courage
Tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Wherever he goes, you also go. He will not be alone.
All we have to fear is fear itself.
No power is strong enough to be lasting if it labors under the weight of fear.
