Lucretius Quotes

Fear's contagious, but so is courage.

One of my mantras is if I'm scared to do something, that means that I have to do it.

Fear has its uses but cowardice has none.

Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions.

Fear is blind. There are some options in it, but they're very limited as compared to the options available to the fearless mind.

Fear is the root of all courage.

Just because you feel fear doesn't mean you can't do it. Do it afraid

Who would condescend to strike down the mere things that he does not fear? Who would debase himself to be merely brave, like any common prizefighter? Who would stoop to be fearless--like a tree? Fight the thing that you fear. You remember the old tale of the English clergyman who gave the last rites to the brigand of Sicily, and how on his death-bed the great robber said, 'I can give you no money, but I can give you advice for a lifetime: your thumb on the blade, and strike upwards.' So I say to you, strike upwards, if you strike at the stars.

Courage and fear were one thing too.

There's no shame in fear. But understand this - the coward is ruled by fear, while the hero rides it like a wild stallion.

Without fear there cannot be courage.

Bravery does not mean being fearless. It means to be full of fear but still not being dominated by it.

Fear is the raw material from which courage is manufactured. Without it, we wouldn't even know what it means to be brave.

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

Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.

The experience of overcoming fear is extraordinarily delightful.

The brave man is not the one without fear but the one who does what he must despite being afraid. To succeed, you must be willing to risk total failure; you must learn this.

We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do.

You cannot be brave without fear.

I'm motivated by fear...a fear of fear. I hate being afraid to do something.

I made the decision long ago that to be afraid would be to diminish my life.

The sooner you start being fearless, the better.

Courage is caution overcome.

We can't be brave without fear.