“Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson Related Quotes “A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation… is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.”– George Matthew Adams “You get so afraid of failure and so afraid of losing and so afraid of not being the best that it’s not a natural drive – it’s born out of fear of failure. Which helps in Hollywood.”– Gabrielle Union “It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.”– Georges Bernanos