Being faithful doesn't mean you are fearless. It just means that your faith is greater than your fear.

If you live in such a manner as to stand the test of the last judgment, you can depend upon it that the world will not speak well of you.

To the wind with what the world thinks about us. We are not to seek the approval of earth, but the honor of heaven.

Faith doesn't mean an absence of fear. It means facing fear and trusting that God's goodness is greater.

When we fear God, then we shall fear no man, however high-placed he may be.

I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe.

I am really much more afraid of those people who have so great a fear of the devil, than I am of the devil himself.

The Inspiration of Spiritual Initiative

Look to the end; and resolve to make the service of Christ the first object in what remains of life, without indifference to the opinion of your fellow men, but also without fear of it.

But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

As a follower of Jesus through faith in Him, the Holy Spirit is your only hope of ever consistently acting like a man. He is the courage to make right choices, the guide toward truth and away from error, the source of our comfort, and the provider of our strength. His primary tool is the Word of God.

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”