To use fear as the friend it is, we must retrain and reprogram ourselves… We must persistently and convincingly tell ourselves that the fear is here—with its gift of energy and heightened awareness—so we can do our best and learn the most in the new situation.

—Susan Jeffers

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If you can solve your problem, then what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, then what is the use of worrying?

—Susan Jeffers

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Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.

Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them.

—Publilius Syrus

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

—Peter McWilliams

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

—Michael Pritchard

Fear sometimes stops you from doing stupid things. But it can also stop you from doing creative or exciting or experimental things. It can cloud your judgment of others, and lead to all kinds of evil. The control and understanding of our personal fears is one of the most important undertakings in our life.

—Marie Ebner von Eschenbach

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To use fear as the friend it is, we must retrain and reprogram ourselves...We must persistently and convincingly tell ourselves that the fear is here--with its gift of energy and heightened awareness--so we can do our best and learn the most in the new situation.