“The Brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear”

“The brave man is not the one without fear but the one who does what he must despite being afraid. To succeed, you must be willing to risk total failure; you must learn this.”

Raymond E. Feist book The King's Buccaneer

“He who fears being conquered is certain of defeat.”

Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French

“A man who says he feels no fear is either a fool or a liar.”

Fred Dibnah (1938–2004) English steeplejack and television personality, with a keen interest in mechanical engineering

“The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought.”

Léon Blum (1872–1950) French politician

“There is no gentleman in America, but he who feels that every man is his equal in natural right, and who does not know that he is cheated if every man does not have fair play.”

George William Curtis (1824–1892) American writer

“Man does not steal, he conquers”

Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) French writer and dramatist, father of the homonym writer and dramatist

“As I fear not a child with a weapon he cannot lift, I will never fear the mind of a man who does not think.”

Brandon Sanderson book Words of Radiance

“A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it; an amateur is one who can't when he does feel like it.”

James Agate (1877–1947) British diarist and critic

“Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived, or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?”

Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author