“We’re always a victim of our fears, if we can convey them and have people understand them, maybe we can help them protect themselves from their fears.”

“We must ensure we are able to assist women who have been victims of crimes, and help them in securing a life-changing visa so they can safely run away from their abusers and begin a new life without fear, I was pleased to secure state funding for Her Justice that will help the organization support the vital services it provides to at-risk women.”

Jose Peralta (1971–2018) American politician

“Unless we are free from fear we will not be able to give our children the kind of future that we would like them to have.”

Aung San Suu Kyi (1945) State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

“When I say "I fear" — don't let it disturb you, dearest heart. We all fear when we are in waiting-rooms. Yet we must pass beyond them, and if the other can keep calm, it is all the help we can give each other.”

Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923) New Zealand author

“When we love and respect people, revealing to them their value, they can begin to come out from behind the walls that protect them.”

Jean Vanier (1928–2019) Canadian humanitarian

“… when people we love make choices, we don't always understand them. But we can go on loving them, just the same. It isn't a matter of comprehension. It's forgiveness.”

Jodi Picoult (1966) Author

“They’re here and we’re here, and they think we’re gods—maybe because we do nothing for them but make them miserable.”

Roger Zelazny (1937–1995) American speculative fiction writer

“Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved”

Niccolo Machiavelli book The Prince

“The point is, we can decry the dangers we face or ignore them or even allow ourselves to be paralyzed by fear.”

Ben Carson (1951) 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon

“I would like to tell them, the graduates, all of this, and I know that if we thought they would not be embarrassed by hearing it, we would all be telling them about how proud we are of them and how much we believe in them and their future. But again maybe we don't have to tell them; maybe they know. Maybe they can tell just by seeing the love in our eyes today.”

Mario Cuomo (1932–2015) American politician, Governor of New York