“How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.”
Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing
As quoted in The Book of Positive Quotations (2007) by John Cook, p. 479
“Things can be done under the incentive of terror and fear that can not be done when the fear disappears.”
Memoirs, Volume Two
Source: NB: ghost-written post-mortem by Munro and Inglis
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Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
VII, 53
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Context: Where any work can be done conformably to the reason which is common to gods and men, there we have nothing to fear; for where we are able to get profit by means of the activity which is successful and proceeds according to our constitution, there no harm is to be suspected.
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Source: Clockwork Angel
“When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.”
Anthony Robbins (1960) Author, actor, professional speaker
"The Early Essays".
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