“I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do…”
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Eleanor Roosevelt148
American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady… 1884–1962Related quotes
Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American writer and lecturer
“Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
“I don't believe in fear of divine vengeance, and I do believe in justice and equality….”
Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951) American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright
The God-Seeker (1949), Ch. 57
“Do the thing you fear the most and the death of fear is certain.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“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
Source: Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848), p. 146
Julie Anne Peters (1952) American writer
Source: By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“He has but one great fear that fears to do wrong.”
Christian Nestell Bovee (1820–1904) American writer
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 244.