Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes About Fear
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All infractions of love and equity in our social relations are ... punished by fear.
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Fear is cruel and mean.
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Man begins life helpless. The babe is in paroxysms of fear the moment its nurse leaves it alone, and it comes so slowly to any power of self-protection that mothers say the salvation of the life and health of a young child is a perpetual miracle.
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Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little coarse and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice? Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.
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Pain is superficial, and therefore fear is. The torments of martyrdoms are probably most keenly felt by the by-standers.
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O friend, never strike sail to a fear!
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Fear is a great instructor.
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We seldom see anybody who is not uneasy or afraid to live.
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Do what you fear and your fear will die.
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Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.
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Fear is cruel and mean. The political reigns of terror have been reigns of madness and malignity,--a total perversion of opinion;society is upside down, and its best men are thought too bad to live.
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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
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They who talk much of destiny, their birth-star, etc., are in a lower dangerous plane, and invite the evils they fear.
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It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'
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To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest. Always do what you are afraid to do.
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Knowledge is the antidote to fear
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If I quake, what matters it what I quake at? Our proper vice takes form in one or another shape, according to the sex, age, or temperament of the person, and, if we are capable of fear, will readily find terrors.
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Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.
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Fear is an instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions.
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Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
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He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.
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Nature does not cocker us: we are children, not pets: she is not fond: everything is dealt to us without fear or favor, after severe universal laws.
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When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
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Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.
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In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
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Always do what you are afraid to do.
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I would put myself in the attitude to look in the eye an abstract truth, and I cannot. I blench and withdraw on this side and on that. I seem to know what he meant who said, No man can see God face to face and live.
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Fear always springs from ignorance.
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