Beware; For I am Fearless, and Therefore Powerful

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Beware; For I am Fearless, and Therefore Powerful
Like

Inspirational Leadership Quotes - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: "Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: "Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful."
Image credit: Richard Rothwell

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (August 30th, 1797 - February 1, 1851) was a British novelist, best known as the author of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818).

She was the daughter of the radical philosopher William Godwin and the famous women's rights advocate, Mary Wollstonecraft.

Shelley's Frankenstein is often called the first true work of science-fiction. The novel tells the story of "Doctor Victor Frankenstein and a creature he creates in an unorthodox scientific experiment. It was an instant wonder and spawned a mythology all of its own that endures to this day." (Source)

Learn more. 


You Might Also Like

🥀 George Eliot: "It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses, we must plant more roses."

🏃‍♀️ Haruki Murakami: "One foot in front of the other. Repeat as often as necessary to finish."

💭 Alice Walker: "Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming."

⚡️ Chinua Achebe: "There is a moral obligation [...] not to ally oneself with power against the powerless."

🌱 Maya Angelou: "You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it."

Please sign in

If you are a registered user on Laidlaw Scholars Network, please sign in

Go to the profile of Susanna Kempe
over 2 years ago

I love this. Whenever I am full of fear (which happens frequently in large and small ways: starting a new venture, kayaking in rough waters or most recently being followed at night by a sexual stalker), if I can channel that fear - into ambition or adrenaline or anger - I am stronger.