“Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

More about fear:
“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.” ~ Rosa Parks
“What is a fear of living? It’s being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself – for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don’t know what you’re here to do, then just do some good.” ~ Maya Angelou
“It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Fear /‘fir/
noun – An unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. ‘he is prey to irrational fears”
verb – Be afraid of (someone or something) as likely to be dangerous, painful, or threatening. “farmers fear that they will lose business”