Fear is the main source of superstition and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
-- Bertrand Russell

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyound measure.
-- Nelson Mandela

Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear.
-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Do one thing every day that scares you.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt