“If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated ...” — John Paul Jones Quote

If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery.

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.

Was it proof of madness in the first corps of sea officers to have, at so critical a period, launched out on the ocean with only two armed merchant ships, two armed brigantines, and one armed sloop, to make war against such a power as Great Britain?

For me, if I have done my duty, the continued approbation of Congress and the Marine Committee will make me rich indeed, and far more than reward me for a life of service devoted from principles of philanthropy, to support the dignity of human nature.

We don't duck democratic choices out of fear of fascists.

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart.