Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

Intrepidity is an extraordinary strength of soul, which raises it above the troubles, disorders and emotions which the sight of great perils can arouse in it; by this strength heroes maintain a calm aspect and preserve their reason and liberty in the most surprising and terrible accidents.

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.

Forget yourself! Think courage.

Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. The moment you fear, you are nobody. Be a hero. Always say, 'I have no fear'. Tell this to everybody-'Have no fear'.

Be afraid of nothing.

You want to be a hero? Learn to create certainty in the face of fear.

He who says, "I know no fear," is no hero. No man knows courage unless he does know fear, and has that in him which is superior to fear, and conquers it.

Fearlessness isn't a place your reach. It's a commitment you make.

There is no fear. Absolutely no fear. When one lives without fear, one cannot be broken. When one lives with fear one is broken before one begins to live.

A warrior never worries about his fear.

I would describe a hero as a person who has no fear of life, who can face life squarely.

Be brave, my heart. Plant your feet and square your shoulders to the enemy. Meet him among the man-killing spears. Hold your ground. In victory, do not brag; in defeat, do not weep.

Courageous people feel the same fear everyone else does, they just decide to not be afraid anymore.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

I am not someone who is afraid; I am someone who reasons.

I refuse to live my life in fear.

Fear no more, says the heart.

But courage in fighting is by no means the only form, nor perhaps even the most important. There is courage in facing poverty, courage in facing derision, courage in facing the hostility of one's own herd. In these, the bravest soldiers are often lamentably deficient. And above all there is the courage to think calmly and rationally in the face of danger, and to control the impulse of panic fear or panic rage.

Fearless is not the absence of fear. Fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you.

It was bewildering and humbling to keep discovering how many brave things people can fail to talk themselves out of doing.

Being fearless doesn't mean living a life devoid of fear, but living a life in which our fears don't hold us back

Stand up and be strong! No fear. No superstition. Face the truth as it is!

Only a fool is never afraid, Frank. Heroes are the people who carry on despite their fear, because they know the job’s got to get done

Fear is a weakness. It makes a person lose her nerve and her cool. It makes people jumpy and organizations nervous, and when that happens, there is always a chance to take advantage.