“As a rule, men worry more about what they can’t see than about what they can.”
「一般來說，人們擔憂看不到的大於看得到的。」– 凱撒大帝 (羅馬帝王)
“Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.”
「直到我們不再害怕時，我們才真正開始生活。」– 洛西 · 湯普森 (記者)
“If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”
「如果你想要征服恐懼，不要只是坐在家裡空想你的恐懼，走出去讓自己忙起來。」– 戴爾‧卡內基 (勵志專家)
“People die of fright and live of confidence.”
「人們因懼怕而亡，因自信而生。」– 亨利‧大衛‧梭羅 (哲學家)
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
「 我們唯一需要害怕的事是害怕本身。」– 富蘭克林‧羅斯福 (美國第 32 任總統)
“If anything terrifies me, I must try to conquer it.”
「若有任何事讓我恐懼，我必需試圖征服它。」– 弗朗西斯‧奇切斯特 (冒險家)
— Robert Allen, Financial writer
「恐懼會融化，當你對一個你真正想要的目標付諸行動時。」– 羅伯特‧艾倫 (理財作家)
— Eleanor Roosevelt, Former First Lady
「透過每一個你真正停下來正視恐懼面容的經驗，你得到力量、勇氣、及自信。你能告訴自己：『我已經歷這可怕的事，我可以挑戰下一個來臨的事。』… 你必需做你認為你做不到的事。」– 埃莉諾‧羅斯福 (前第一夫人)
— Joseph Campbell, Mythologist
「你害怕進入的洞穴藏有你追求的寶藏。對無知的恐懼是我們最大的恐懼… 雖然謹慎是個有用的本能，我們將失去很多機會及生命裡很多的冒險經驗，如果我們沒有去支持心中那個好奇的探險家。」– 約瑟夫・坎伯 (神話學者)
“Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.”
「你每次勝利，就削弱恐懼一點。你從不會真正消除輸掉的恐懼，你一直挑戰它。」– 亞瑟‧艾許 (網球選手)
“It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.”
「消除愚昧是困難的，除非人們能在不受恐懼的束縛下擁有追求真相的自由。」– 翁山蘇姬 (民運領袖)
“You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.”
「只要你下定決心，你可以克服任何恐懼。因為要記住，恐懼除了在心裡不存在於任何地方。」– 戴爾‧卡內基 (勵志作家)
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself – nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.”
「我們唯一需要害怕的是害怕本身 – 沒有名字、沒有道理、不合理的恐懼，它將癱瘓人們由撤退轉換為前進所需的氣力。」– 富蘭克林‧羅斯福 (美國第 32 任總統)
“Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.”
「做你害怕的事，害怕必然消失。」– 拉爾夫‧愛默生 (詩人)
“Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.”
「勇氣不過是願意害怕並依然行動。」– 羅伯特‧安東尼 (勵志教練)
“Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.”
「沒有人只因活很多年而變老，人們因放棄理想而變老。你如同你的信念般年輕，如你的疑慮般年老；如同你的自信般年輕，如你的恐懼般年老；如同你的希望般年輕，如你的絕望般年老。」– 道格拉斯‧麥克阿瑟 (五星上將)
“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”
「這些年來我學到，一個人下定決心後可以削弱恐懼；知道什麼必須完成可以克服恐懼。」– 羅莎‧帕克斯（民運人士）
“A man’s doubts and fears are his worst enemies. “
「一個人的猶疑與害怕是他最大的敵人。」– 威廉‧瑞格理 (企業家)
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.”
「勇氣是抗拒恐懼，征服恐懼 – 不是沒有恐懼。」– 馬克‧吐溫 (作家)
“Don’t be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That’s only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself.”
「不要剛開始看起來困難就感到害怕，那只是初步的觀感，重要的是不放棄；你必須克服自己。」– 奧加‧柯布蒂 (體操選手)
