Chinese languages

The thing is, I wanna tattoo this phrase, but I want it to be only 3 characters and not 4 so Is it possible to take down one character (so there will be only 3 characters) and still maintain the meaning of thee phrase? lets say - Instead of "control your fears" only - "control fears&q...

thanks alot duaaagiii
can you please tell me which character refer to wich word ?

thanks