I would rather persuade a man to go along, because once he has been persuaded, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay for as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tag: fear
People often avoid making decisions out of fear of making a mistake. Actually the failure to make decisions is one of life’s biggest mistakes.
Noah Weinberg
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Seneca
Have you ever been bitten by an elephant? No. A mosquito? Yes. We fear big things but it is usually little ones that get us.
Howard J. Koepka
Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid.
Frederick Buechner
Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear.
Norman Vincent Peale
Caution is when you are afraid. Cowardice is when the other person is.
Do not fear opposition. A kite rises against the wind.
Don’t let fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass away. We might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
Earl Nightingale
Fear is unbelief parading in disguise.
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