Courage Quote by François Fénelon

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Fear is such a weak emotion that’s why I despise it

— Lupe Fiasco

It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid.

— Publilius Syrus

Any fear is always worse than the thing itself.

— Josephine Lawrence

It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.

— Publilius Syrus

Sometimes you must suffer through something to defeat your fear of it.

— Joyce Meyer

We fear something before we hate it...

— Cyril Connolly

“Emotional fear is a hindrance without purpose. Instinctual fear breeds caution and knowledge of one’s surroundings. One would be at a disadvantage without it.”

— Kel Kade

Never to despise in myself what I have been taught to despise. Nor to despise the other. Not to despise the it. To make…

— Muriel Rukeyser

Every time you encounter something that forces you to “handle it,” your self-esteem is raised considerably. You learn to trust that you will survive,…

— Susan Jeffers

“It is our determination to overcome fear and discouragement that constitutes the only effective antidote to the sense of powerlessness over unwanted feelings.”

— Gordon Livingston

I will not fear, for you are ever with me and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.

— Thomas Merton