Hope in the shadow of fear is the world's most powerful motivator.

Hope in the shadow of fear is the world's most powerful motivator

The accountant lingers at his children's doorway a moment more, listening to the easy rhythm of their breathing, and something cold moves through him, like the passage of a ghost - but he know that's not it. It's more like the portent of a future. A future that must never come to pass......and for the first time, he gives rise to a thought that is silently echoed in millions of homes that night. My God... what have we done?

Cowards hide [...] but warriors lie and wait [...] the only difference is whether you're motivated by fear or purpose.

I smell fear," he said with a quiet intensity. "But not nearly enough.

You know that feeling you get when your leg falls asleep? Well, I suddenly had that feeling in my spine. Like termites were chewing through the marrow in my backbone.

I smell fear, he said with a quiet intensity. But not nearly enough.