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Dear fear, I'm divorcing you. Dear courage, I'm courting you. Dear hope, I'm pursuing you. Dear love, I'm marrying you.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
First, fear will mock you, then fear will taunt you, then fear will oppose you, and if you ignore it, only then will it flee from you.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
Courage lightens distress, hope alleviates grief, doubt aggravates affliction, fear worsens anguish, worry magnifies misery, and faith overthrows despair.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
Behind your darkest fears lie your brightest rewards.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
Fear must die for your dreams to live.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
Dread, which is closely related to fear, steals the ability to enjoy ordinary life and makes people anxious about the future. It keeps them from looking forward to the next day, the next month, or the next decade.
- Joyce Meyer
In seeking comfort, we generally find a quiet corner in life where there is a minimum of conflict, and then we are afraid to step out of that seclusion.
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just that his justice cannot sleep forever.
- Thomas Jefferson
If God is just, I tremble for my country.
- Thomas Jefferson
Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars.He who knows himself well becomes mean in his own eyes and is not happy when praised by men.
- Thomas a Kempis
The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to your fear of being hurt. The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers most.
- Thomas Merton
Anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity.
- Thomas Merton