![Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wHE3MwMzhw8/X1toLuunVsI/AAAAAAAAGrQ/fQ6GRBkgMgU5PRQm2X5ROuvZJG3hY-CYgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/have-no-fear-of-perfection-youll-never-reach-it.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Tag: Fear
![Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wHE3MwMzhw8/X1toLuunVsI/AAAAAAAAGrQ/fQ6GRBkgMgU5PRQm2X5ROuvZJG3hY-CYgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/have-no-fear-of-perfection-youll-never-reach-it.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![Fear usually looks like anger.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xCKpvnJMy6A/X0bBZlcIArI/AAAAAAAACCk/5IhYKwXA2eYkULuB2njx_k8vvhybMKRLwCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw16uf-gU/w750-h750-p/fear-usually-looks-like-anger-quotes-by-krista-tippett-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-anger.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Fear usually looks like anger.
![To escape fear, you have to go through it, not around.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kdyRPBirnQE/X1uN_Ekyh3I/AAAAAAAAK54/pdu2MelOuvQv5NYYlx_ykRiUUDY-OXF7QCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/to-escape-fear-you-have-to-go-through-it-not-around.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
To escape fear, you have to go through it, not around.
![Hope in the shadow of fear is the world’s most powerful motivator.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Bb0BJS1CPfk/X1tonvaaSzI/AAAAAAAAGyk/rFMFXKSSdn8Ke67aKvCdX8GIpape6Iv6QCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/hope-in-the-shadow-of-fear-is-the-worlds-most-powerful-motivator.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Hope in the shadow of fear is the world’s most powerful motivator.
![Oh, the things we invent when we are scaredand want to be rescued.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_goAZErG8Jg/X1t3vHoYr9I/AAAAAAAAIwI/bDA_XQR0u_4Rzp-VZhocuNXH0z1YY2q3QCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/oh-the-things-we-invent-when-we-are-scaredand-want-to-be-rescued.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Oh, the things we invent when we are scaredand want to be rescued.
![We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Jx-7MbFi-N4/X1uPcQxxE6I/AAAAAAAALLw/upt3d4RbeBc2Q7gu2w3Pv-dUSaKmLXNwQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/we-promise-according-to-our-hopes-and-perform-according-to-our-fears.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
![Knowing was a temptation. What you don’t know won’t tempt you.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aWFRJhdhops/X1twUJDgzSI/AAAAAAAAIBw/7gtfbrNrZFAM2C10m5hUuYM_VPkBrKMzgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/knowing-was-a-temptation-what-you-dont-know-wont-tempt-you.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Knowing was a temptation. What you don’t know won’t tempt you.
![Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GMetNhbKpWc/X1tnQuCK-vI/AAAAAAAAGcM/J1mjNJagL-IclKCDyzyldaS5snhs1H1oQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/fear-defeats-more-people-than-any-other-one-thing-in-the-world.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.
![Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HqV2A1PgdlM/X1t6e6JB9XI/AAAAAAAAJBM/u4-85J7ZCLIaKqjBILGzpFHk-N9DAyS8ACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/puritanism-the-haunting-fear-that-someone-somewhere-may-be-happy.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
![It frightens me, the awful truth, of how sweet life can be…](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qsouqLSqP_c/X1tu_c5alGI/AAAAAAAAHys/SE1xyDNDfWgtmGKue1ZCOdjt1Fapmf6RgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/it-frightens-me-the-awful-truth-of-how-sweet-life-can-be.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
It frightens me, the awful truth, of how sweet life can be…
![I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X5GNNf8KnVc/X1tqQ7WPCbI/AAAAAAAAHA4/yalPTy2aqg0LWk-rXQlXsWHLdc8p2dMAACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-do-not-cling-to-life-sufficiently-to-fear-death.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.
![The purpose of fear is to raise your awareness not to stop your progress.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NGimpYotMY0/X1uKSa9K-AI/AAAAAAAAKcE/NZs1N-f24gEj-Unsdt4Va7xkUv4JKPG0wCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-purpose-of-fear-is-to-raise-your-awareness-not-to-stop-your-progress.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)