Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.

We’re not a fragile people. We’re not a frightful people. Our power doesn’t come from some self-declared savior promising that he alone can restore order as long as we do things his way. We don’t look to be ruled.

Silence is a source of great strength.

I was scared many times on Everest, but this is all part of the challenge. When I fell down a crevasse, it was pretty scary.

I don’t want to wake up and be bored. That’s probably my greatest fear is to have nothing to do. What better job is there than to play quarterback for an NFL team, and certainly one that I’ve been on for a long time and had success with? I don’t plan on giving it up any time soon.

A cat is only itself, representative of the strong forces of life that won’t let go.

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path.

The Bible says to ‚fear not,‘ but this doesn’t mean you should never feel scared. It means when you do feel fear, keep going forward and do what you are supposed to do. Or as I like to say, do it afraid.

The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.

I can’t jump the highest. I’m obviously not the biggest, not the strongest.

Engineering didn’t take to me. And what saved me and kept me in college was I ran into ROTC cadets who were in a fraternity called The Pershing Rifles. And I found my place. I found discipline. I found structure. I found people that were like me and I liked.

Having a child, that’s always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child.

Love is a really scary thing, and you never know what’s going to happen. It’s one of the most beautiful things in life, but it’s one of the most terrifying. It’s worth the fear because you have more knowledge, experience, you learn from people, and you have memories.

Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.

I’ll never tell a lie. I’ll never make a misleading statement. I’ll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I’ll never avoid a controversial issue.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

When you combine boring with fear, you have fun.

I’d be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I’d been given. I’d be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.

A good indignation brings out all one’s powers.

People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don’t necessarily merit fear.

Exceeds man’s might: that dwells with the gods above.

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.

We come bulletproof in Ireland. We’re reared tough, and we fight.

The valiant never taste of death but once.

It’s tough to negotiate from a position of weakness.

Men’s actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there is fear, because fear presumably has a wider extension than reverence.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

You can’t forgive without loving. And I don’t mean sentimentality. I don’t mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, ‚I forgive. I’m finished with it.‘

Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we’re hardwired not to always think clearly when we’re scared. And the country’s scared.

Want balance in your life? Then sure, get your own act together, but don’t forget four powerful disciplines of execution in your team and organization.

Adventures are to the adventurous.

My mom cleaned toilets for a long time, and she’d seen a lot of terrible things, but she was still the strength of our family. And there are women like that all across the country – all around the world – who show that type of fortitude.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

I’m going to get an MRI to find out whether I have claustrophobia.

We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.

I know some really outstanding Turkish journalists, and have been pleased and honored to be able to join with them a few times in their courageous protests against state terror and repression.

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay – and rise!

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

Anytime we step out boldly to make changes, we take a chance that we might fail. But the only way to get better is to try.

A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.

I want to represent… to the kids to draw strength from me. So they can see that everybody goes through something, but you can rise up and do your best. Just try.

This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say.

Death is a fearful thing.

It was the experience of mystery – even if mixed with fear – that engendered religion.

The bravest person I’ve ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I last saw him at a Discworld convention, where he chose to take part in a game as an assassin. He died not long afterwards, and I wish I had his fortitude and sense of style.

I’m afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where anyone who doesn’t fit that will become unnecessary.

A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.

A lot of people ask me, ‚How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12 or 13 and jump right into the music industry?‘ It’s because I knew I could never feel the kind of rejection that I felt in middle school. Because in the music industry, if they’re gonna say no to you, at least they’re gonna be polite about it.

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.