美國羅斯福(Franklin Roosevelt)總統曾說:「我們唯一值得恐懼的,就是恐懼本身。那會使我們的努力陷於癱瘓,毫無根據的恐懼。(The only thing we have to fear is fear itself–nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.)」再借用牧師瑪麗.馬林.莫里斯(Mary Manin Morrissey)的話:「當我們讓恐懼增長大過於信心時,我們的夢想也就被吞噬了。(You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.)」