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

“The power of good is shown not by triumphantly conquering evil, but by continuing to resist evil while facing certain defeat.”

Edith Hamilton book Mythology

“I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do…”

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States

“The Church is a perpetually defeated thing that always outlives her conquerers.”

Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953) writer

“Love conquers all. Let Love then smile at our defeat.”
Omnia vincit Amor; et nos cedamus Amori.

Virgil book Eclogues

“I wanted to offer a supreme model to the man who struggles; I wanted to show him that he must not fear pain, temptation or death — because all three can be conquered, all three have already been conquered.”

Nikos Kazantzakis book The Last Temptation of Christ

“Bravery is the acknowledgment and the conquering of fear.”

Derek Landy (1974) Irish children's writer

“To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist

“Your fears are not walls, but hurdles. Courage is not the absence of fear, but the conquering of it.”

Dan Millman (1946) American self help writer

“Instead of fearing the unknown, we must conquer our fear.”

Newton Lee American computer scientist