#fear

There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#baseless #beauty #fear #fears #going

Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#fears #fewest #good #good men #great

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

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#enthusiasm #everything #feared #great #inspiration

I don't know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#guys #had #how #i #know

I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion of the world I am aware that life was never perfect, never absolute. This bestows contentment, even a fearlessness. ↗

— Harold Brodkey

#alert #am #aware #bestows #contentment

Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar. ↗

— Xun Zi

#aware #bravery #death #dog #drink

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear. ↗

— Buddha

#dislike #evil #fear #feeling #feelings

Americans are in a cycle of fear which leads to people not wanting to spend and not wanting to make investments, and that leads to more fear. We'll break out of it. It takes time. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#cycle #fear #investments #leads #make

Why is it that when we get older, we get more fearful? ↗

— Sandra Bullock

#get #more #older #why

Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness. ↗

— John Calvin

#even #fear #midst #minds #never