I don't have a fear of heights. I do, however, have a fear of falling from heights.
Humour is an almost physiological response to fear.
But in my opinion, bravery isn't about the absence of fear. Being brave is when you're absolutely terrified, yet you can make yourself face your fears, no matter how scared you are.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, "Always do what you are afraid to do."
Fear is caused by the uncertainty of the future. Sorrow is caused by the remembrance of the past. Try to keep your thoughts in the present, for the future we will never know and the past we may never understand.
Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.
The key to change... is to let go of fear.
The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.
The wizards represent all that the true 'muggle' most fears: They are plainly outcasts and comfortable with being so. Nothing is more unnerving to the truly conventional than the unashamed misfit!
You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.