The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

Tacitus, Roman historian

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The sooner you fail, the less afraid you are to fail again.

Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What's important is the action. You don't have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.

Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings Heaven even in a moment.

Swami Vivekananda

I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.

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