#fear

Despite fearful rhetoric to the contrary, terrorism is not a transcendent threat. A terrorist attack cannot possibly destroy our country's way of life; it's only our reaction to that attack that can do that kind of damage. ↗

— Bruce Schneier

#cannot #contrary #country #damage #despite

I fear nothing so much as a man who is witty all day long. ↗

— Madame de Sevigne

#day #fear #i #long #man

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#advancing #blood #corrupt #draw #fear

You can't let yourself be pushed around. You can't live in fear. That's no way to live your life. ↗

— Bernhard Goetz

#fear #life #live #pushed #way

Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience. ↗

— Adam Smith

#conscience #excesses #feared #more #regulation

I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past. ↗

— Julia Ward Howe

#bright #except #fear #feeling #future

I'm very much afraid of being mad - that's my one fear. ↗

— Sting

#being #being mad #fear #i #mad

What's powerful about a love scene is not seeing the act. It's seeing the passion, the need, the desire, the caring, the fear. ↗

— Patrick Swayze

#act #caring #desire #fear #love

There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary. ↗

— Emmanuel Teney

#fear #guarantees #love #necessary #none

I find fear is a great motivator to work hard. ↗