The best way to overcome the habit of Fear is to assume the mental attitude of Courage, just as the best way to get rid of darkness is to let in the light.
William Walker Atkinson, Thought Vibration, or The Law of Attraction in the Thought World
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…whatever your career may be, do not let yourselves become tainted by a deprecating and barren scepticism, do not let yourselves be discouraged by the sadness of certain hours which pass over nations.
Louis Pasteur, The Life of Pasteur
He who knows other men is discerning; he who knows himself is intelligent. He who overcomes others is strong; he who overcomes himself is mighty.
Lao Tzu, The Tao Teh King
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear; and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
Christian D. Larson, Your Forces and How to Use Them
Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series
Be like the promontory against which the waves continually break, but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
It is not ease, but effort—not facility, but difficulty, that makes men.
Samuel Smiles, Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character and Conduct
Plunge onwards into the void, and you shall find it full! Spring forward into the darkness, and you shall find a rock beneath your feet!
Annie Besant, In the Outer Court
Be not made sad by the adverse events of this life, for you know not the good they bring with them…
John of the Cross, The Complete Works of Saint John of the Cross, Vol. II
We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we want ourselves to be we have the power to make ourselves.
Swami Vivekananda, Karma Yoga
We gain permanent strength exactly to the extent of the effort required to overcome difficulties.
Charles F. Haanel, The Master Key System
Beneath the instinct to fight there lurks a diviner instinct to love.
Inazō Nitobe, Bushido: The Soul of Japan
To have a restful or peaceful life in God is good; to bear a life of pain in patience is better; but to have peace in the midst of pain is the best of all.
Meister Eckhart, Meister Eckhart's Sermons
…that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph.
Theodore Roosevelt, The Strenuous Life
He said not: Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be afflicted; but He said: Thou shalt not be overcome.
Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love
Tranquillity is courage in repose. It is a statical manifestation of valor, as daring deeds are a dynamical. A truly brave man is ever serene; he is never taken by surprise; nothing ruffles the equanimity of his spirit.
Inazō Nitobe, Bushido: The Soul of Japan
…although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.
Helen Keller, Optimism: An Essay
One who fears the future, who fears failure, limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again. There is no disgrace in honest failure; there is disgrace in fearing to fail.
Henry Ford, My Life and Work
Know thyself; know the enemy; fear not for victory.
Sun Tzu, The Book of War