Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.

Dorothy Thompson

The solution to most of our deepest troubles is simple, human courage. The courage to look inward. The courage to take those first bold steps. The courage to find the thing you fear most and charge heroically toward it.

Beau Taplin

Let us meet with bravery whatever may befall us. Let us never feel a shudder at the thought of being wounded or of being made a prisoner, or of poverty or persecution.

Seneca

Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.

Marilyn Ferguson

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

Michel de Montaigne

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

Audre Lorde