Authority Quote by Shakti Gawain

If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin.

— Katharine Butler Hathaway

Rules are the offspring of fear. If everyone trusted and followed their true inner spirit, the world would function flawlessly.

— Alan Cohen

It is necessary to run risks, to follow certain paths and to abandon others. No one can make a choice without feeling fear.

— Paulo Coelho

When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to…

— Anonymous

It is much safer to obey than to rule.

— Thomas a Kempis

Rules are foolish, arbitrary, mindless things that raise you quickly to a level of acceptable mediocrity, then prevent you from progressing further.

— Bruce Barnbaum

“If you let your fear of consequences prevent you from following your deepest instincts, your life will be safe, expedient, and thin.”

— Katherine Butler Hathaway

“If you let the fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, then your life will be safe, expedient and thin.”

— Katharine Butler Hathaway

You can rule by fear but it's not a great motivation for people.

— Andrew Strauss

We should never so entirely avoid danger as to appear irresolute and cowardly; but, at the same time, we should avoid unnecessarily exposing ourselves…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Running toward danger is foolhardy. ... But so is closing your eyes to it. Many perils become less dangerous once you understand their potential hazards.

— Brandon Mull

In the track of fear we have so many conditions, expectations, and obligations that we create a lot of rules just to protect ourselves...…

— Miguel Angel Ruiz