Ability Quote by John Foster Dulles

The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art. If you try to run away from it,…

— John Foster Dulles

If you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost.

— John Foster Dulles

The importance of fear as a factor in war-making cannot be overlooked, and can hardly be overestimated. Any politician can play on panic when…

— Maude Royden

If we want to overcome fear, we must mentally deny fear and concentrate on the opposite quality, courage. The positive always overcomes the negative.…

— Vishnudevananda Saraswati

The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive…

— Sun Tzu

The root of war is fear.

— Thomas Merton

In war you see your own troubles; those of the enemy you cannot see. You must show confidence.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

War, and the preparation for war, are the two greatest obstacles to human progress, fostering a vicious cycle of arms buildups, violence and poverty.

— Oscar Arias

Face your fear Accept your war it is what it is.

— Zakk Wylde

It is important also to consider, that the surest means of avoiding war is to be prepared for it in peace.

— Joseph Story

A just fear of an imminent danger, though be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war.

— Francis Bacon

The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.

— John Randolph