#fear

At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it. ↗

— Gordon Parks

#compelled #did #failure #fear #fight

I am actually a terrible coward. Fear is a constant fact of my life. ↗

— Trevor McDonald

#am #constant #coward #fact #fear

When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand. ↗

— John Mellencamp

#fear #hand #into #playing #politicians

These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness. ↗

— Anthony de Mello

#compassion #destroy #fearlessness #human #human race

It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear! ↗

— Anthony de Mello

#beings #delight #fear #finds #first

The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance. ↗

— Karl A. Menninger

#biased #contradicted #desire #drowned #extinguished

We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#care #does #fear #much #other

Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear. ↗

— Dan Millman

#applying #doubt #fear #feel #key

There seemed to be endless obstacles... it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear. ↗

— Marion Milner

#endless #fear #obstacles #root #seemed

The regrets of yesterday and the fear of tomorrow can kill you. ↗