William Butler Yeats Quotes

Shun fear, it is the ague of the soul! a passion man created for himself--for sure that cramp of nature could not dwell in the warm realms of glory.

The greatest of all weaknesses is the fear of appearing weak.

In my experience, God rarely makes our fear disappear. Instead, He asks us to be strong and take courage. What is courage? As Ordinary discovered, courage is not the absence of fear; rather, it's choosing to act in spite of the fear. You could say that without fear, you can't have genuine courage.

All fear has ever done is hold me back. I have so many things I want to accomplish in my life. For myself and for the world. Fear is useless; it just gets in the way of accomplishing everything Overcome fear today and and confront one of your phobias.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.

Your fears are a kind of prison that confines you within a limited range of action. The less you fear, the more power you will have and the more fully you will live.

Fear has its uses but cowardice has none.

It is enough for me by day To walk the same bright earth with him; Enough that over us by night The same great roof of stars is dim. I do not hope to bind the wind Or set a fetter on the sea -- It is enough to feel his love Blow by like music over me.

Fear arises from the weakness of the flesh over which the devil has power.

Love is based on our capacity to trust in a reality beyond fear, to trust a timeless truth bigger than all our difficulties.

Fear is going to be a player in your life, but you get to decide how much.

Where there's fear, there is power.

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

By nature of definition only the coward is capable of the highest heroism

Fear only become powerful when you give it your power.

To fear the foe, since fear oppresseth strength, gives in your weakness strength unto your foe.

When you can despise death, you have conquered all fears.

Walk with me to the edge of the city, / Take off your shoes and feel the earth. / Remember who you are. You are a star. / A mountain, that fountain in the sun. / Your heart is the velvet cave / Where birds sing.

True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid.

The true warrior isn't immune to fear. She fights in spite of it.

Everything is fraught with fear: Renunciation alone is fearless.

He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.

‎"Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.

I pray to the birds because they remind me of what I love rather than what I fear. And at the end of my prayers, they teach me how to listen.

In order to access a warrior's courage, we must explore why we are so committed to our story and what we are afraid will happen if we give it up.