Maxim 63
Variant translation: "Valour grows by daring, fear by holding back."
Sentences
“Fear made the gods; audacity has made kings.”
Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1707–1777) French writer
La crainte fit les dieux; l'audace a fait les rois.
During the French Revolution; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 46.
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“At the moment of greatest fear, the best solution is to go boldly and without hesitation.”
Robert Ferrigno (1947) American writer
Prayers For The Assassin (2006)
Dan Millman (1946) American self help writer
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but simply moving on with dignity despite that fear.”
Pat Riley (1945) American basketball player, coach, executive
“Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.”
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
“Fear is the root of all courage”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) English musician, artist and author
???Rev. Slodden, Rawlinson End
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
