Quotation Explorer - 'Afraid'

Don't be afraid to be exactly as awesome as you were created to be. - Rev. Kellen Roggenbuck
If your are afraid to fail then you're afraid to succeed. - Stephen D. Matthews
I think you’re just as emotionally unavailable as I am. I avoid men because I’m afraid I’ll lose my heart, and you go from girl to girl to keep from giving yours away. - Ann Everett
Some are afraid of being a mess, feared by the unknown and are horrified by an unplanned future; than, there is some of us who thrive through discovery , excited by unknown territories and intrigued by a future of mystery. How you tell these people apart; one is a thinker, thy other a feeler. - Nikki Rowe
People sometimes get so lost in their own beliefs that they fail to gain truth and understanding. You can't get the whole picture just by relying on your own perception. Never be afraid of the truth. - Amaka Imani Nkosazana
Even brave men blind themselves sometimes, when they are afraid to see. - George R.R. Martin
You are afraid to lose, you don't react, you are afraid of the horror of something which can be brutal killings and such... You are prepared to a victim I can said from here! - Deyth Banger
Creator: a comedian whose audience is afraid to laugh. - H. L. Mencken
Never be afraid to share your story. No one can tell it like you can. - Toni Sorenson
Don’t be afraid. Be the kind of person your mother warned you about. - Lorde
YOU are YOU! Know YOU can! YOU must not be afraid because God has a prosperous future plan for YOU! YOU got to know YOU! Guess who you are? YOU are a blessing to all others especially me! - Israelmore Ayivor
So all I have is the knowledge that I saw! That I saw without being afraid and without turning away, and that I didn't forgive the unforgivable. Forgiveness is a reflex for when you can't stand what you know. I resisted that reflex. That's my sole, solitary, lonely accomplishment. - Jane Smiley
When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. - Audre Lorde
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right. - Jules Renard
If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown,give him support. - Osho
Don't be so defensive and afraid to be proven wrong that you miss the opportunity to learn from your mistakes. - Karen E. Quinones Miller
He who is afraid of suffering, is already suffering fear. Out of fear, true creativity is blocked. - Chinese Proverb
A God less than sovereign could not bestow moral freedom upon His creatures. He would be afraid to do so. - A.W. Tozer
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. - David Lloyd George
Part of me was afraid that if I raised my fist to the sky and demanded an answer now, I would hear a thundering and calloused, 'Because I said so," from God in heaven. And I may not ever want to speak to Him again. - Sarah Thebarge
Maxim 27: Don't be afraid to be the first to resort to violence.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries - Howard Tayler
It is a relief to discover that although there might be axe murderers and kidnappers in the world, most people seem a lot like us: sometimes afraid and sometimes brave, sometimes cruel and sometimes kind. - Sharon Creech
You will never develop courage if you don’t stand in the middle of the battle afraid and pick up the sword anyways, to defend what is right. You might feel like you are outnumbered, but heroes always are. - Shannon L. Alder
Never be afraid of darkness, it is only temporary. Have hope, have the courage, be cautious, walk and continue your journey. Life is not always a fairy tale but like a rolling stone we need to go up and down until it stop. - Glazl Bugaoan
Maybe we ran out of words, maybe we don't know what to say, maybe we both want to go our separate ways, maybe we want to speak up but we're afraid. All I know is this feeling isn't fading away. - Dalal Gebara
Do not be afraid to enter the cloud that is settling down on your life. God is in it. The other side is radiant with His glory. - L.B. Cowman
The wolf turned to Rachel. She was afraid to run, afraid fleeing would make it chase her. Somewhere in the stored files of her mind, she remembered one should not look directly at a menacing dog, but she couldn’t take her eyes from it. - G.G. Collins
Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. - Stephen Colbert
It’s okay. It may not seem like it right now, but you are going to be fine. I know it’s scary, but don’t be afraid. You are who you are, and you should love that person, and I don’t want anyone to have to go through 22 years of their life afraid to accept that. - Connor Franta
I'm not afraid to make mistakes. I'm afraid of not learning from them. - Stan Okunevic
We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand. - Paulo Coelho
It’s when you acquire the knowledge to listen to your inner voice and patiently chase your goals, that all that you were afraid of can be seen in different shining colors. - Konstantinos Kyriakou.K.K
Why are we afraid of the silence that ensues after our death? Wasn’t it the same silence we endured before birth? Isn’t it the same silence we revel in when we are completely immersed in the present moment? Let us not be afraid. - Kamand Kojouri
the voice taunted, and threatened: "you are afraid, unhappy, dissatisfied, what if…."but I knew, this was not His language for motivating my heart,so I waited quietly to hear my Father's native tongue, "I love, I am satisfied, I trust, this is the way..." - and I moved. - Kate Mullane Robertson
When people are talking about soul and other stuff and how other people communicate - it's not scary it's something normal???...Okay then but why you are afraid of horror films with paranormal stuff?? Why??? - Deyth Banger
That is what's meant by being afraid of the future, by showing how brilliant you come out of it. - Bisco Hatori
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. - Voltaire
The untrodden path is choked by the weeds of tradition. Be not afraid to cut through.
I'm not sure why I've decided to do this. I'm not any stronger than I was, and nothing else has changed. But all the same, this time I'm not going to run away. It's okay to feel weak sometimes. It's okay to be afraid. The important thing is that we face our fears. That's what makes us strong."-Yuki - Natsuki Takaya
A lion will never be afraid of sheep, no matter how many outnumber it. - Matshona Dhliwayo
We are always afraid to ask because we aren't afraid of the answer but the feeling of rejection - Anna R.
Don't be afraid to go after what you want to do and what you want to be, and don't be afraid to pay the price to get it. - Anonymous
We can’t be afraid to dismiss the unappreciative. - Dominic Riccitello
‎"What does it mean if i'm afraid? Does it mean something bad is going to happen?" "No, it doesn't mean something bad is going to happen. It just means that you have the chance to be brave. - C. JoyBell C.
I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty - John F. Kennedy
I'm not afraid of death really, just what comes after. - Jose Guerra Sison
I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. - Woody Allen
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually afraid you will make one. - Elbert Hubbard
Your truest friends are the ones who will stand by you in your darkest moments--because they're willing to brave the shadows with you--and in your greatest moments--because they're not afraid to let you shine. - Nicole Yatsonsky
No matter how scary the road ahead may seem, never be afraid to chase your dreams. - Melaina Rayne
People are afraid of knowledge that is not yet theirs. - Madeleine L'Engle
And if not for the caterpillars and butterflies, who will I talk to? You'll be far away. And as for larger creatures, I'm not afraid. I have my thorns...to protect me. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
I am not afraid to die because I know heaven is a place of artists, musicians and poets - rassool jibraeel snyman
I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them. - Elizabeth Taylor
Love always gains what most are afraid to lose. - Matshona Dhliwayo
The man of wisdom is never of two minds;the man of benevolence never worries;the man of courage is never afraid. - Confucius
Don't be afraid of failure because failure can help you achieve your goals. - Evan Ricafort
Dreams take us to levels we would otherwise be afraid to strive for.
These, then are my last words to you: be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. - William James
But I quite like being afraid. It's like being in love. - Aurora Aksnes
I am not afraid of the possibility of finding intelligent life in the universe, I am afraid of the possibility of them finding us - Peyton J Glenn
I’d rather be a fool than afraid. - A.D. Posey
It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death, and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland. - Horace
Never be afraid of the dark side of Vegas, the side the neon and glitter never seem to touch.. - Hazim Bangwar
THEY are afraid of nothing,' I grumbled, watching their approach through the window. 'Together, they would brave Satan and all his legions. - Emily Brontë
Revelation is God's way of telling humanity that he is afraid of their possibility; the possibility of one day being able to surpass even him. - Lionel Suggs
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. - Plato
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. - Helen Keller
A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths. - Steven Wright
The most important thing in life is to dare. The most complicated thing in life is to be afraid. The smartest thing in the world is to try to be a moral person. - Shimon Peres
Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child.He needs guidance.If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent. - Bette Davis
Always think and always dream. Wonder what’s around the next corner for yourself, and don’t be afraid to go there, but most of all Love. Loving yourself and the people around you is the easiest path through life. It will bring you around that corner, and places you’ve never been. - Ron Baratono
Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so. - Belva Davis
In your darkest times, never be afraid. The Lord's presence is always with you. - Lailah Gifty Akita
Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them. - Marilyn Ferguson
I am always afraid of your "something shall be done." - Titus Maccius Plautus
Just don't be afraid of your mistakes because those mistakes can be the best way how to learn to do it right. - Pēteris Bitāns
Men are afraid to rock the boat in which they hope to drift safely through life's currents, when, actually, the boat is stuck on a sandbar. They would be better off to rock the boat and try to shake it loose. - Thomas Szasz
The more I love nature the least I'm afraid to die. I wouldn't mind being a part of the trees and the place that makes everything possible. - Alex Guidroz
A winner is not someone who wins. It's someone who tries and isn't afraid to lose. - Nusrat Sultana
What we get when we turn pro is we find our power. We find our will and our voice and we find our self-respect. We become who we always were but had, until then, been afraid to embrace and live out. - Steven Pressfield, Turning Pro
I’m not afraid of death, just of dying. - Duane Hewitt
Don't be afraid to make mistakes. But if you do, make new ones. Life is too short to make the wrong choice twice. - Joyce Rachelle
You can't be afraid of stepping on toes if you want to go dancing. - Lew Freedman
I am not afraid of anything in the world. But I'm afraid of myself, afraid of what I will be in the future. - Luffina Lourduraj
I look foreword to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty. - John F. Kennedy
My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions. - Eartha Kitt
Be afraid of nothing but be aware of everything. - Rajan Shrestha
Don't be afraid. You are never really alone. Just be yourself. You don't ever have to pretend you are someone else. If you try to do that, then you don't have anything to give the world. Accept and give your gifts with love. - Jay Woodman
Let us never be afraid of innocent joy; God is good and what he does is well done; resign yourself to everything, even happiness; ask for the spirit of sacrifice, of detachment, of renunciation, and above all, for the spirit of joy and gratitude. - Henri-Frédéric Amiel
Ah, you big Nancy, there’s nothing to be afraid of. Seen it many times before. They come and go, boy, never change. It’s the same type from the very beginning. Nothing’s changed except the clothes and technology. - William Elias
Not afraid to write about my past to inspire your future - Jordone Branch
Sometimes the mind silence the heart, cause it is afraid of what it might say - Bonita Venter
What is History? Any thoughts, Webster?''History is the lies of the victors," I replied, a little too quickly. 'Yes, I was rather afraid you'd say that. Well, as long as you remember that it is also the self-delusions of the defeated. - Julian Barnes
Don’t be afraid of loneliness, because everything is a door; even loneliness is a door, it opens to somewhere! - Mehmet Murat ildan
I think I've been afraid most of my life to be myself. - J.A. Redmerski
I enjoy controlled loneliness. I like wandering around the city alone. I’m not afraid of coming back to an empty flat and lying down in an empty bed. I’m afraid of having no one to miss, of having no one to love. - Kuba Wojewódzki
The only difference between writers and people who don't write is that writers aren't afraid to display their demons. - Carla H. Krueger
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. - Jesus/John
Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve always enjoyed feeling afraid. I think it is the most delicious feeling there is - Domingos Monteiro
Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. - Bertolt Brecht
Don't be afraid to show your soul, we need plenty of soul to show in this world. - Jay Woodman
Don't be afraid to take one large step because you can't cross a chasm in two small leaps. - Unknown
Don't be afraid of challenges. Let them take you somewhere new. - Sira Masetti
Even those afraid of the dark must live through half of each day as night, to come to see the beauty in each. - Johnathan Jena
Darkness scares us. We yearn for the comfort of light as it provides shape and form, allowing us to recognize and define what's before us. But what is it we're afraid of really? Not the darkness itself, but the truth we know hides within. - Emily Thorne
Never be afraid to be sexy! - Alysha Speer
Right on the other side of our fears resides hope and happiness. We get stuck in our lives afraid to walk over there when it’s a much kinder place. - Ron Baratono
I want her to know that this world is made out of sugar. It can crumble so easily but don’t be afraid to stick your tongue out and taste it. - Sarah Kay
To me, a witch is a woman that is capable of letting her intuition take hold of her actions, that communes with her environment, that isn't afraid of facing challenges. - Paulo Coelho
If you're afraid to fail you'll never succeed - NightBits
Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to seeMen not afraid of God afraid of me. - Alexander Pope
People only lie because they are afraid of the truth - Madison Reil
Don't be afraid of suffering. Often scars are the medals of success. - Debasish Mridha
Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.
Now that I’ve reached the ripe old age of retirement, I feel it my duty to teach you everything I’ve learnt about love, so listen closely. Love is like… That’s as far as I’ve gotten I’m afraid. - Ben Mitchell
There is always danger for those who are afraid. - George Bernard Shaw
Existing is going through the motions of life with no zeal and feeling you have no control; living means embracing all that this large world has to offer and not being afraid to take chances. The beauty of living is knowing you can always start over and there's always a chance for something better. - J'son M. Lee
We’re afraid the others will think we’re agringadas because we don’t speak Chicano Spanish. We oppress each other trying to out-Chicano each other, vying to be real Chicanas, to speak like Chicanos. There is no one Chicano language just as there is no one Chicano experience. - Gloria E. Anzaldúa
A small change can make a big difference. You are the only one who can make our world a better place to inhabit. So, don’t be afraid to take a stand . - Ankita Singhal
There are many things that we would throw away, if we were not afraid that others might pick them up. - Oscar Wilde
Never be afraid to offer a smile; sure the risk is that a few foolish people may misinterpret your kindness as weakness, but the sweet reward is that as you make new friends and encourage others, the foolish will learn the error of their ways because you did at least show them your teeth. - Johnnie Dent Jr.
Always do what you are afraid to do. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Know this: If you are afraid of starting over, it means you have not yet begun. - Tehya Sky
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth. - William Faulkner
The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror. - Oscar Wilde
The worst thing to be afraid of is fear. Give yourself grace. Jessica Willis - The Willis Clan
We have reached the age of denial, we have become happiness seekers, afraid to feel. We are told to think positive, to seek only joy. Stores overflow with books selling you ways to rid yourself of ‘negative’ feelings. - Aysha Taryam
Be not afraid to love. Be accepting. Keep open your heart with a kind mind. - Debasish Mridha
Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment. - Andre Maurois
Life can take so many twists and turns. You can’t ever count yourself out. Even if you’re really afraid at some point, you can’t think that there’s no room for you to grow and do something good with your life. - Portia de Rossi
I’m not afraid of total failure. In the end, we’re all just food for worms, so what are we so worried about? - Marisha Pessl
I was well aware of her ghosts. I'd met them, once or twice, during her darkness nights. "I knew you were my one when you wouldn't run," she said. How could I? Of course I stayed, when her ghosts scared my own away. What others were too afraid to see, meant everything to me. - J. Raymond
Don't be afraid to be who you are, we were created to perfect in our own imperfect way. - Kendal Rob
God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh. - Voltaire
Worried moonI'm afraid of what's to comeWorried moonYeah, tell me what you knowWorried moonYou see further down the roadWorried moon - Chris Cornell
Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still. - Chinese Proverb
I’m afraid, my blue-skinned friend - that matters of religion are absolute. True believers cannot be reasoned with. You either agree with their beliefs or you accept that you will be in eternal conflict with them.(Deathsworn Arc 4: Rise of the Archmage) - Martyn Stanley
the one thing we owe absolutely to God is never to be afraid of anything. - Charles de Foucauld
How can you be afraid to live yet scared to die? - Dominic Riccitello
It is amazing how the light can make us forget we were ever afraid of the dark. - Anonymous
He’s weak, afraid and dumber than your dog. Besides, you gonna bet the farm on a pig?The Alien Club - trel sidoruk
Sometimes, when we pray for miracles what we are really praying for is God to do the work that we are too afraid to take action about. Often, the miracle resides in us and we need to simply "be all in", rather than standing on the fence waiting. - Shannon L. Alder
I'm not afraid to dieno today . . . maybe tomorrow.But I'll not dieno today . . . maybe tomorrow.Tomorrow I will go awayfrom this life that I've just borrowed! - John Zea
Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin.
I should think that to hear such lovely music as that would really make him feel better. The lady gave a discriminating smile. I am afraid there are moments in life when even Beethoven has nothing to say to us. We must admit, however, that they are our worst moments. - Henry James
Never be afraid of the PROCESS that will take you to the PROMISE - Joe Joe Dawson
Why are we so afraid to die? Are we concerned about the reckoning we may have to face on the other side? Or does the thought of our nonexistence terrify us? Perhaps neither. Perhaps what we fear most is no longer being able to do the things we love. - Fabrizio Paterlini
You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. - Hermann Hesse
Of all the questions I have asked my readers this is the most important: What would you do if you weren't afraid? When you finally give wings to that answer then you have found your life's purpose. - Shannon L. Alder
He who is afraid to ask is ashamed of learning. - Danish Proverb
Your half empty..A broken glass,I love you can sound so beautifulUntil you stop to listenThat terrible background noise,you have no idea how bad I want to hold youBut I’m afraid I’ll cut my hand. - Brittany Williams
A world where no animal is afraid of humans and no human is afraid of other humans will a place of infinite divinity! - Mehmet Murat ildan
I am afraid of the future; it seems to be a big box waiting for me. - Audrey Niffenegger
So friends, get out of your comfort zone. Don’t be afraid of pain. Confront your pains - Sunday Adelaja
Storytelling is an essential part of our cultural and human identity...when we become afraid of stories outside the mainstream, I believe we have lost a valuable part of our cultural inheritance and growth. - Louise Sommer
To be or not to be, that is the question: to go on living, fighting against this sea of troubles, or to die and end everything? Why be afraid of death? To die is to sleep, no more. Perhaps to dream? Yes, that's the problem: in that sleep of death, what dreams will come? - Isaac Marion
I'm not a big fan of inspiration. I'm too old to sit and wait for the muse to give me a little kiss... I write a lot, and I'm not afraid to make mistakes or to write badly. I can alsways fix something weak and dull. But I can't fix a blank page. - Ron Koertge
True courage is in facing damger when you are afraid. - L. Frank Baum
Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century. - Dame Edna Everage
I’m not afraid of anything and I will not fight. - Matthew De Abaitua
Stars are not afraid of you surpassing them; if they were, they would not light your way to the edge of the universe. - Matshona Dhliwayo
I've never been afraid of being alone. For the sake of my work, I must be! - Ochiai Naoyuki
We've all got the power to kill in our hands, but most of us are afraid to use it. Those who aren't, control life itself. - Richard Ramirez
Writing is my passion. It’s in my blood like a talent is. Like dancing, or singing, or drawing, I write. I can never stop writing. It helps me to express everything I’m afraid to talk about out loud when I need to say it the most. It’s my pacifier in a way... - Melissa C. Hamilton
I’ve grown up defined by this desperate, undeniable, ‘can’t breathe’ kind of space inside of myself and I’m afraid that the diagnosis is fatal. - Jennifer Elisabeth
If God sets your speed limit high, don't be afraid of your life-car being crashed. - Munia Khan
I never stop myself from doing something because I’m afraid of what people might think. - Zooey Deschanel
Never be afraid to offer a smile; sure the risk is that a few foolish people may misinterpret your kindness as weakness, but the sweet reward is that as you make new friends and encourage others, the foolish have ignored the fact that you have already shown them your teeth. - Johnnie Dent Jr.
True bondage is being afraid and ashamed of your shadow. - K.A. Hosein
To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity. - Edward Weeks
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. / Nije problem dijete koje se boji mraka; prava tragedija su odrasli koji se boje svjetla. - Plato
If we indeed possess light we shall never be afraid to go and face darkness anywhere, any-time. - Sunday Adelaja
Don't be afraid to take the first step and speak from your heart. - Nash
Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. - Bible
Don’t be afraid of being alone; a lion does not rule the jungle with sheep at its side. - Matshona Dhliwayo
Yes,I'm afraid you're right. Trial and error isn't a bad way to learn how to build an aircraft,but it can be a disastrous way to learn how to build a civilization. - Daniel Quinn
Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice.
If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time. - J. K. Rowling
I have always been afraid... Always been pretending to follow you closely, alwyas been pretending to sharpen my teeth, when the truth is, I am ... scared to death just treading on your shadow. - Tite Kubo
Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping-stone to greatness. - Oprah Winfrey
She asked him, to name the monster that he is most afraid of always and looked into his eyes in silence. 'I see him every time whenever I stare into your eyes.' he replied. - Akshay Vasu
Don't be afraid of being different be afraid of being like everyone else ! - Hari Nandan
A man who is afraid of death will be afraid of life also, because life brings death. If you are afraid of the enemy and you close your door, the friend will also be prohibited.
Don’t be afraid of change. Change happens for a reason. Roll with it. It won’t be easy, but it will be worth it. - Wilfred James Dolor
Just as when we come into the world, when we die we are afraid of the unknown. But the fear is something from within us that has nothing to do with reality. Dying is like being born: just a change. - Isabel Allende
Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing. - Thomas Paine
Some part of me knew that I could play this part well, or better than well. But I was almost afraid to play it. The line between stage and life was so fragile here that I felt a risk of losing myself somehow. - J.B. Cheaney
Here’s what's breaking into my imagination and whatever is in there; that you are not afraid you’ve seen, is yours to take. - Omar Gamal Said
That's scary, all the time to be afraid Wreck 2015 (Film, you should check it out). - Deyth Banger
Fear God, yes, but don't be afraid of Him. - J. A. Spender
In this world and the hereafter, we should not be afraid of no one but ourselves. - Alireza Salehi Nejad
I am made only for passion; it is the temperature of love that I cannot endure. I am afraid, and I think it is death- everything but passion seems like death to me. Only in fever do I feel life. - Anaïs Nin
The library made me feel safe, as if every question had an answer and there was nothing to be afraid of, as long as I could sort through another volume. - Dee Williams
God long ago defined what it means to do evil. It is for violations of His standards that we are to be afraid. - The Liberty Book
Don't be afraid if life brings more dark to your dream,because a star can't shine without dark. - Saravanan
To quit religion is to start walking in the space! Don’t be afraid, you don’t fall into the void, because you can hold onto God and science! - Mehmet Murat ildan
I am an Agnostic because I am not afraid to think. I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil. - Clarence Darrow
Our friendship has survived betrayals and our ambitions. Even death is afraid to come between us. Welcome back to my life." ~ Fidelis O Mkparu, author of 'Love's Affliction' ‪#‎authors‬, ‪#‎friendship‬ - Fidelis O. Mkparu
Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live - Charles Caleb Colton
I'm afraid of time... I mean, I'm afraid of not having enough time. Not enough time to understand people, how they really are, or to be understood myself. I'm afraid of the quick judgements or mistakes everybody makes. You can't fix them without time. I'm afraid of seeing snapshots, not movies. - Ann Brashares
Your opponents do not want you to persevere;they are afraid you will succeed.Your allies want you to persevere;they will benefit from your success. - Matshona Dhliwayo
The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid of making one. - Elbert Hubbard
I was never afraid of failure; for I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest. - John Keats
Sorry I'm late, I'm afraid I got lost on the path of life - Kakashi Sensei
Don’t be afraid of being Happy. You deserve to be Happy. - - RVM
As a young girl I was told the truth. I knew about death. I was afraid to lose but not afraid to die. - Kayko Tamaki
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie
I'm not afraid of death because I don't believe in it.It's just getting out of one car, and into another. - John Lennon
To be afraid of sorrow is to be afraid of joy also. - Rebecca West
This institution will be based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind. For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it. - Thomas Jefferson
Don’t be afraid of the darkness; just carry a light with you! - Mehmet Murat ildan
Don’t be afraid to have goals and dreams. Even in the face of haters and those who do not believe in you, don’t stop dreaming. - Auliq Ice
The Lord is my light and my salvation - so why should I be afraid. - Bible
so many people would be afraid to look in the mirror if the saw their character and not their face…it would be like american horror story. - Turcois Ominek
What people are afraid of can tell us a lot about society. - Anne Holt
When you find out that there was never anything in the dark side to be afraid of Nothing is left but to love. - Alan W. Watts
Don't be afraid to express to the world about how you feel... Ask Donald Trump. - Chris Mentillo
I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid. - John Gotti
The only thing I am afraid of is fear. - Arthur Wellesley
When you build a fence around yourself, you'll wonder why people are afraid to approach you, because the pride in the fence is the cause of your blindness. - Michael Bassey Johnson
We can't be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don't have something better. - C. JoyBell C.
I am never afraid of what I know. - Anna Sewell
If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you. - Natalie Goldberg
If you are afraid to take a chance, take one anyway. What you don't do can create the same regrets as the mistakes you make. - Iyanla Vanzant
‎"You shouldn't feel so bad about being afraid of so many things." "Why not?" "Because if you weren't afraid never ever, then you couldn't be brave never ever. - C. JoyBell C.
If you are facing a new challenge or being asked to do something that you have never done before don’t be afraid to step out. You have more capability than you think you do but you will never see it unless you place a demand on yourself for more. - Joyce Meyer
I was never afraid of anything in the world except the dentist. - Taylor Caldwell
Do not be afraid of that which should be afraid of you - Constance Friday
She’d vowed to be braver and take more risks, but this seemed out of her league. Because sometimes what you wanted the most was the one thing you were most afraid to get. - Miranda Liasson
People are afraid of change. Change is inevitable to life. Change actually has the mask of pushing us out of comfort zone. Every time we learn, go through life experiences our perception/Emotional chemistry is changing. Embrace change because we are becoming a more polished version of ourselves. - Matthew Donnelly
You can not be fearless without first admitting you have been afraid. - Jack Laursen
Never be afraid to ask. The worst you'll get is 'No', but maybe you'll get a 'Yes'. - Roxanna Groceman-Borthick-Stockwell 1971
Don't be afraid to take a big step when one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small steps. - David Lloyd George
One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them. - Ivo Andrić
Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable. - Adolf Loos
What one is afraid to think must be the truth. - Marty Rubin
You are believing not in your god but in yourself if your god knows no better than you do...and yet, in this alone, I am afraid, you have already been fooling yourself. - Criss Jami
I think that it is infinitely wiser to accept the fact that we’re afraid, for in accepting our fear we are in no way granting it the power to crush us. Rather we are finally empowering ourselves sufficiently so that we can crush it. - Craig D. Lounsbrough
Are you afraid?""Yes.""Energy never stops, remember. It just changes forms.""I am still afraid. - Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Most people live life on the path we set for them. Too afraid to explore any other. But once in a while people like you come along and knock down all the obstacles we put in your way. People who realize free will is a gift, you'll never know how to use until you fight for it. - the adjustment bureau
I'm afraid I'm being an awful nuisance. - Edith Sitwell
All I know is a society afraid to even talk of prayer, is a society that doesn't have a prayer.
If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be. - Joseph Campbell
The instinct of the thief is most strongly marked in the Skua tribe, and I am afraid that the mere love of thieving alone actuates them on many occasions. - George Murray Levick
Nothing is impossible. If you can envision your dreams, you have the power to make your dreams a reality. Have faith in yourself and don't be afraid to dream big. The biggest obstacle is yourself. - Karen A. Baquiran
I am deliberate and afraid of nothing. - Audre Lorde
u should not be afraid of doing what ur mind tells you 2 do...just listen 2 ur heart...never say never - Justin Bieber
We have enough space in our hearts, but we are afraid of allowing animals shit and mess around with our feelings. - Michael Bassey Johnson
We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us, and make us kinder. You always have the choice. - Dalai Lama XIV
Cowards...cling to the hope that failure will never happen and may be sloppy in the face of danger - not because they don't acknowledge that it exists, but because they are just too afraid of it to look it in the eye. - Simon Sinek
Don't be afraid to write and share your story with the reading world! Find your courage! It is a fact that some will love it and some will hate it, but there will always be at least one reader who needed it and that's all that matters! - S.L. Morgan
There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up. - Oscar Wilde
When I dare to be powerful to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. - Audre Lorde
After torturing our adrenaline by watching a horror movie for a couple of hours the places we are most afraid of are the doors and windows of the room even though they are the only ways for us to escape in case of occurrence such an event. - Sanhita Baruah
Beethoven said that it's better to hit the wrong note confidently, than hit the right note unconfidently. Never be afraid to be wrong or to embarrass yourself; we are all students in this life, and there is always something more to learn. - Mike Norton
The greatest writers are the ones not afraid to share their heartbreak and pain for the world to read.They are fearless and freely in sharing their heart to heal other wounds with their story. - Tamyara Brown
Instead it is the Church hierarchy that is rather teaching congregation to be afraid of darkness, instead of teaching them to go with light to overcome darkness. - Sunday Adelaja
Jesus Christ died on the cross for everything you are afraid of. - Felix Wantang
Can a man still be brave if he's afraid? That's the only tine a man can be brave. - George R.R. Martin
I don't want to wrap myself in the flag, because I'm afraid I'll get burned.
One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end. - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Receio que a poesia é pior que o sexo tântrico: não mexe nem sai de cima.I'm afraid that poetry is worse than tantric sex: it does not not move or get off. - Victor Eustáquio
beware those quick to praise for they need praise in return beware those who are quick to censor they are afraid of what they do not know beware those who seek constant crowds for they are nothing alone - Charles Bukowski
We can't be afraid to change. You may fell secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know there is a such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, maybe the very reason you don't have something better. - C. JoyBell C.
The mere fact that a boxer covers his face never means that he is much afraid of his opponent. A good punch will give a better explanation for his action! - Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might blind my soul altogether. - Socrates
I'm not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. - Helen Keller
Nowadays, it's hard to find the best horror and to be interesting and to be afraid of it! - Deyth Banger
It's all nonsense. It's only nonsense. I'm not afraid of the rain. I am not afraid of the rain. Oh, oh, God, I wish I wasn't. - Ernest Hemingway
Find out what you're afraid of and go live there. - Chuck Palahniuk
In the darkest times of your life, your praise to God should be the loudest. Let the enemy know you’re not afraid of the dark. - Stormie Omartian
You can only be afraid of what you think you know. - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Her grandmother had once told her that one of life's best lessons was not being afraid to look foolish -- to just ask the question. - Melissa Senate
She's afraid that if she leaves, she'll become the live of the party. - Groucho Marx
Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble...for the Lord, your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. - Bible
Some of the most valued things we have in life come from changes or mistakes. Don't be afraid if you failed or if you lose someone you love, there is always the rainbow after the rain. And remember that all change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end. - Angie karan
Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something. - H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch. - Pope John Paul II
When you are open to living and trust the process of life and ready to face all your fears, and not afraid to go astray with life, life definitely comes and talk to you, in its own language. - Roshan Sharma
Success goes to the ones who do. Get up. Show up. Throw up if you have to. Do it afraid, but do it no matter. - Toni Sorenson
Just don't be afraid to be who you are and you will be successful. - Auliq Ice
I wouldn't give a tinker's damn for a man who isn't sometimes afraid. Fear's the spice that makes it interesting to go ahead. - Daniel Boone
We are our choices.. That's why I am so afraid to choose.. Because more than anything else, I am afraid of facing myself.. - Laarni Venus Marie Nillama
I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist. - Billy Joel
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. - Nelson Mandela
What you are afraid of is also afraid of you; face your fear! - Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
Never be afraid to wish for what you really want in life.Wishes are possible manifestation of thoughts. - Lailah Gifty Akita
The most dangerous men on earth are those who are afraid they are wimps - James Gilligan
Scripture assumes that we will be afraid and anxious sometimes. What is important is where we turn, or to whom we turn when we are afraid. The God who calls you to trust in Him when you are afraid will spend a great deal of time showing you that you can trust Him. - Edward T. Welch
Don't be afraid to show you soul, we need plenty of soul to show in this world. - Jay Woodman
When I look back now, I realize what a trial I must have been to my friends and relatives. It was one frenzy after one elation after one enthusiasm after one hysteria after another. I was always yelling and running somewhere, because I was afraid life was going to be over that very afternoon. - Ray Bradbury
Ego means being afraid. - Maria Erving
It made a big difference in my life to grow up with a dad who wasn't afraid of how great my mom was. - Steve Maraboli
When I dare to be powerful--to use my strength in the service of my vision--then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. - Audre Lorde
I ask you men...what are you so afraid of? If I am equal to you in power, does that diminish you? - Rita Mae Brown
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. - Corrie ten Boom
The way to fight fear is to do what you are afraid of. And the way to fight pain is to live with it, with an open heart. - Auliq Ice
It is not the monsters we should be afraid of; it is the people that don't recognize the same monsters inside of themself. - Shannon L. Alder
If I'm afraid to fall then how will I ever fly? - Sydney Paige McCutcheon
Don't be afraid to be the person who loves the most - Seth Adam Smith
Horror as for me is the best choice, you can gain a lot of. I like to be afraid like to see this shit happening on me, I feel happy. - Deyth Banger
At least I’m not afraid, and no one will ever call me boring. - A.D. Posey
As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula. - Dave Barry
Every writer in the history of the world has been afraid to put words on the page. But we only remember those who overcame that fear. - M. Kirin
Don't be soo afraid to fall, that you don't even chase for success. - Auliq Ice
Never be afraid to offer a smile; sure the risk is that a few foolish people may misinterpret your kindness as weakness, but the reward in their error be that at least they cannot blame you because you did show your teeth. - Johnnie Dent Jr.
Love is like a mountain with many peaks and each new passion brings in a different view. Don't be afraid to love again and again...there are better horizons waiting. Climb until you find your perfect sky. - Palle Oswald
Tracer lighting up the sky.It's another families' turn to die.A child afraid to even cry out says,He has been here.And I see no bravery,No bravery in your eyes anymore.Only sadness. - James Blunt
Don't be afraid, just play the music. - Charlie Parker
It was about how men walk into a forest afraid because they know all the things that can happen. They might wake the noisy birds and cause chaos. But kids come into the trees and see the magic. They climb them and see stars that the men were too afraid to see. - Laura Anderson Kurk
A soft and sheltered Christianity, afraid to be lean and lone, unwilling to face the storms and brave the heights, will end up fat and foul in the cages of conformity. - Vance Havner
Just don't be afraid of your mistakes because those mistakes can be the best way how to learn it to do it right. - Pēteris Bitāns
But down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. - Raymond Chandler
More you are afraid, the more you sleep.Wake up & don't be afraidKeep your head up & kill your nightmare. - Jaiendra Puri
Be not afraid to love.Those who never love, do not know what love is. - Lailah Gifty Akita
I think there were times when I was so afraid of losing you that I forgot I even had you at all. - Ashly Lorenzana
I just could not leave the people who ever fill my heart. But if people leave, well, like today myself. That's why I'm afraid to get acquainted with a lot of people because I'm afraid of losing a lot of people too. In reality I always get acquainted with many people, how is this? - Vea Dreamer
Learn to be brave and adventurous because you’ll never discover your place in the world, if you’re too afraid to leave your own backyard. - Nina Guilbeau
Don’t be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. Death is always at our side.When we show fear. it jumps at us faster than light, but if we do not show fear, it casts its eye upon us gently and then guides us into infinity… - Gackt
Allow the fear to keep you sensible but not to keep you still. If you're afraid of the dark then open your eyes, see that you are home. - Taylor Patton
How much joy have I missed in life because I was too afraid to enjoy? - Debasish Mridha
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. - Chinese Proverb
Christians sometimes make themselves into elephants afraid of mice. You have the Creator of the universe on your side; not to mention, you've been given eternal life. 'Whom or what shall you fear?' To be afraid of anything other than God himself is like an insult to God. - Criss Jami
Respect people who never afraid of failure and working hard to achieve goal. But I respect more those who support them in this situation. - Gargi Vyas
Can a man still be brave if he's afraid? That is the only time a man can be brave. - Geroge R. R. Martin
There's great power in not fearing solitude. You don't allow yourself to be treated like crap because you're afraid of the alternative. - S. Usher Evans
I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth. - Martin Luther
I don't understand women at all. Like how a women can pour boiling hot wax onto their upper thigh, then rip the hair out by the root... and still be afraid of a spider. - Jerry Seinfeld
I’m afraid, my blue-skinned friend - that matters of religion are absolute. True believers cannot be reasoned with. You either agree with their beliefs or you accept that you will be in eternal conflict with them.’"~Saul KarzaDeathsworn Arc 4: Rise of the Archmage - Martyn Stanley
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away. - Thomas Fuller
Find the courage to ask yourself the questions your afraid to hear the answer to? Why... Because it's the only way you'll know which direction your truth lays. - Nikki Rowe
A library is a place where you learn what teachers were afraid to teach you. - Alan M. Dershowitz
The hate people hold on to for so long is what keeps them from feeling the pain they're most afraid of. deal with it. grow. - Darnell Lamont Walker
Don’t be afraid when you have to pray fervently because of your circumstances. God is wanting to do something great through you! - Stormie Omartian
I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of. - Joss Whedon
Fear is afraid of you. Don't think so? Walk right up to it, then right past it and see if it doesn't run and hide. - Toni Sorenson
McGough: I'm sorry. I'm afraid I've caught poetry. Mr Bones: Oh really? Well, don't worry, sir - I used to suffer from short stories.McGough: Really? When?Mr Bones: Oh, once upon a time ... - Graham Chapman
The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid. - Lady Bird Johnson
Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.
Friendship is being there when someone's feeling low and not being afraid to kick them. - Randy K. Milholland
People without a will are afraid of failure,and failure is afraid of people with a will - Mohammed Sekouty
You (Millennials) are the generation most afraid of real community because it inevitably limits freedom and choice. Get over your fear. - Timothy J. Keller
To learn something new, you need to try new things and not be afraid to be wrong. - Roy T. Bennett
Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did. - Bette Davis
UnsightlyIf I strip my heart naked, you'll see all the unsightly scars, I'm afraid. - John Mark Green
Often we can achieve an even better result when we stumble yet are willing to start over, when we don't give up after a mistake, when something doesn't come easily but we throw ourselves into trying, when we're not afraid to appear less than perfectly polished. - Sharon Salzberg
If you're afraid of the future, then get out of the way, stand aside. The people of this country are ready to move again. - Ronald Reagan
I'm not afraid of being dead. I'm just afraid of what you might have to go through to get there. - Pamela Bone
I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run towards it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your foot - Nadia Comaneci
I used to be afraid of the dark until I learned that I am light and the dark is afraid of me. - D.R. Silva
I think one of the reasons why people tend to fake an entire relationship is maybe they are just afraid of being alone or are lonely right now! - Saif Ullah
You can do beautiful things with your friends; you can do beautiful things when you are all alone! In togetherness, listen to the music of the crowds; in solitude, listen to the music of the silence! Be neither afraid of the crowds, nor of the loneliness, because both are blessings! - Mehmet Murat ildan
You have to do the things you are most afraid of, otherwise you are just half a human being. - Emily Riedel
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death. - James F. Byrnes
The most profound personal growth does not happen while reading a book or meditating. It happens in the throes of conflict, when you are angry, afraid, frustrated. It happens when you are doing the same old thing and you suddenly realize that you have a choice. - Vironika Tugaleva
Don't ever be afraid to show who you really are, because as long as you are happy with yourself, no one else's opinion matters. - Ziad K. Abdelnour
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. - John D. Rockefeller
no one sleeps more beautifully than you. But i am afraid that you will waken just now, and touch me with an indifferent glance, lightly passing, and commit the murder of beauty. - Yevgeny Yevtushenko
You are so afraid of losing your moral sense that you are not willing to take it through anything more dangerous than a mud-puddle. - Gertrude Stein
Don't be afraid to be who you are bacause you are the only person who knows you best. - Saredo Ali
I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please. - Mother Jones
Most people on the ledge of a tall building were not afraid they'd fall; they were afraid they'd jump. - Lauren Alego
To me YES, AND means don't be afraid to contribute. Always make sure you're adding something to the discussion. Your initiations are worthwhile. - Tina Fey
I not afraid of dying, I'm afraid of suffering - Raheem Kirlew
I am not afraid to die; I am only afraid of saying goodbye to you forever. - Shannon L. Alder
I know a manHe came from my home townHe wore his passion for his womanLike a thorny crownHe said "DoloresI live in fearMy love for you's so overpoweringI'm afraid that I will disappear - Paul Simon
As I watched them file down the stairs, I didn't cry and I wasn't afraid. But I couldn't tell if it was Jesus or the gin. - Sarah Thebarge
Time is the most valuable commodity we have to offer the world. Don't be afraid to share. - Mark W. Boyer
Do not be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic. - Unknown
If you're afraid of butter, use cream. - Julia Child
We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun. We are not afraid of the darkness. We trust that the moon shall guide us. We are determining the future at this very moment. We know that the heart is the philosopher's stone. Our music is our alchemy. - Saul Williams
Are you afraid of the future? That is funny because future does not exist yet! Future is not even a shadow, because shadow exists! Let go your fear and concentrate on the present time! - Mehmet Murat ildan
Sometimes people who look different from you are scary. Maybe they are ugly. Maybe they are loud. Maybe theyare big. Maybe they are green. Maybe they are all those things. But you should not be afraid of them just because of how they look. You may find they are nice to you if you arenice to them. - Jeff Hutchins
Sometimes the most beautiful things are in front of our eyes, and we don’t even notice because we’re either too busy or too afraid to take a closer look. - Katja Michael
Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick. - Lin Yutang
I write because I'm afraid to say some things out loud. - Gordon Atkinson
I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State; and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare - I have no use for him either. - Sophocles
Real popularity is taking the time to love others, reaching out, and never being afraid to be the first one dancing. REMEMBER THE GIRL IN PEARLS. - Maya Van Wagenen
Don't be afraid to be afraid. Have fear, and then conquer the shit out of it. - D. Antoinette Foy
I was also going to give a graduation speech in Arizona this weekend. But with my accent, I was afraid they would try to deport me. - Arnold Schwarzenegger
What I hate??? You ask me??? Go and fuck off... You are asking from what am I afraid??? ... For cry it on loud... - Deyth Banger
He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace. - John Mason Brown
Silence embeds thoughts better than speeches. If you are afraid of silence, you are afraid of your thoughts. - Rossana Condoleo
They use fear to control us, they control us to make us afraid. One more reason to be brave. - Luigina Sgarro
I had tried to express myself, but couldn't do that because I was afraid that it will hurt someone. I never knew that not expressing myself hurt myself. - Nutan Bajracharya
Try to live your life so that you wouldn't be afraid to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. - Will Rogers
Those who are skilled in combat do not become angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win.
A recent survey was said to prove that the people we Americans most admire are our politicians and doctors. I don't believe it. They are simply the people we are most afraid of. And with the most reason.
How strange is man that when he is afraid of something he runs away from it, but when he is afraid of Allah, he gets closer to Him. - Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S
Don't ever run away from your problems. Chase after them like a crazy person till they're too afraid to come near you again. - Zanib Mian
People who succeed in business aren't afraid to hear feedback from their customers -- they actually thrive from it. - Adam Smith
I would rather say that I messed something up, than that I was to afraid to try! - D.M. Pariso
I don't look for love. Love looks for me." "Why?" "Because it needs me. Because I'm not afraid of it. - C. JoyBell C.
It's not the small of her back, her thighs, or her chest or eyes that matter most. It's the parts of her she's afraid to show that you should get to know. - J. Raymond
A heart filled with light will always be in the middle of darkness. But, once it shines more brightly, there's nothing to be afraid. You, are the one who will conquer it. - Y.K. Raikou
Do not be afraid to be kind; be afraid to miss the opportunity to be kind. - Debasish Mridha
Don’t be afraid of being Happy. You deserve to be Happy. - RVM
Do not be afraid of what should be afraid of you - Constance Friday
She knew now that no one could be neutral - not anymore - and as afraid as she was of risking Sophie's life, she was suddenly more afraid of letting her daughter grow up in a world where good people did nothing to stop evil, where a good woman could turn her back on a friend in need. - Kristin Hannah
Anytime you're afraid to try something new...just remember, amateurs built the ark, professionals built the titanic. - David Drake
Never be afraid to ask. The worst you'll get is 'No' but maybe you'll get a 'Yes'. - Roxanna Groceman-Borthick-Stockwell
If you're afraid of everything out there, you quit going out there. - Jesse Eisenberg
Don't be afraid of the darkLook insideGrab your heartLet it shineIf it's dark outsideShine your light - Will.i.am
It's not easy to get close to anyone.... Everyone's afraid of everybody else.... maybe because we're all afraid of ourselves. - Ellen Hopkins
What I was afraid of was my own grief, the weight of it, the ineluctable corrosive force of it, and the stark awareness I had of being, for the first time in my life, entirely alone, a Crusoe shipwrecked and stranded in the limitless wastes of a boundless and indifferent ocean. - John Banville
I am not afraid of giving bad reviews. If I don't like a book, I don't like it. Period. I don't do promotion - Bookvergent
Sorry I'm late, I'm afraid I got lost on the path of life-Kakashi Sensei - Masashi Kishimoto
What makes us brave isn't lacking the good sence to be afraid; it's looking back at what we've lived through and seeing if we've faced it well. - Caitlín R. Kiernan
The maxim of illusory religion runs: 'Fear not; trust in God and he will see that none of the things you fear will happen to you'; that of real religion, on the contrary, is: 'Fear not, the things that you are afraid of are quite likely to happen to you, but they are nothing to be afraid of. - Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola
It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens. - Woody Allen
If you're afraid to let someone else see your weakness, take heart: Nobody's perfect. Besides, your attempts to hide your flaws don't work as well as you think they do. - Julie Morgenstern
Being afraid of things going wrong, doesn't help them go right. - Sue Fitzmaurice
[Y]ou have to learn to intake, to imbibe, to nourish yourself and not be afraid of fullness. The fullness is like a tidal wave which then carries you, sweeps you into experience and into writing. - Anaïs Nin
Don't be afraid of marrying the right person even if they come from the wrong background. - Matshona Dhliwayo
It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. - George Washington
If you see many paths before you, don't be afraid; if you see only one path before you, then be afraid because choice means freedom and no choice means slavery! - Mehmet Murat ildan
In these last days, what the world really needs is courageous parenting from mothers and fathers who are not afraid to speak up and take a stand. - Larry R. Lawrence
Darkness is always afraid of the positive thoughts, because they are also a species of light! - Mehmet Murat ildan
Be not afraid of life believe that life is worth living and your belief will create the fact. - Henry James
Sometimes I think the difference between what we want and what we're afraid of is about the width of an eyelash. - Jay McInerney
A person cannot shine light if he is afraid of the dark. - Orrin Woodward
Thus I spoke, more and more softly; for I was afraid of my own thoughts and the thoughts behind my thoughts. - Friedrich Nietzsche
I might have been afraid that if I really loved someone and needed her, one day she might suddenly disappear without a word, and I'd be left all alone. - Haruki Murakami
I'm not afraid of facts, I welcome facts but a congeries of facts is not equivalent to an idea. This is the essential fallacy of the so-called "scientific" mind. People who mistake facts for ideas are incomplete thinkers; they are gossips. - Cynthia Ozick
Are you afraid from Burglar and want a tight security at low cost, in Miami perfect for the business security which is wireless and easy to handle. - Centex Security
The baby batScreamed out in fright,'Turn on the dark,I'm afraid of the light. - Shel Silverstein
In life, some of the things we are afraid of are the same things that are use to test our ability to stand trials - Buhari S.I
Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since. - Abigail Adams
Afraid of a wooden sword?""Just demonstrating my skills in evading an attack. Impressed? - Jennifer A. Nielsen
Past is always afraid of being forgotten because being forgotten means being never-existed in a way! - Mehmet Murat ildan
Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them. - Margaret Atwood
...don't be afraid of going by a way you've never gone - that's the way we're all going... - John Geddes
Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you. - Bethany Hamilton
Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book... - Dwight D. Eisenhower
We cannot expect to grow if we are too afraid or unwilling to change and face challenges. When we exit our everyday, mundane lifestyles to do something different we can experience growth, undiscovered strength, and new abilities within ourselves. - Ashley Ormon
We are all born to fly. Instead, we sit on the branches afraid of the leap into the unknown. But the unknown is where enlightenment lives. Our true nature is the unknown. - Enza Vita
5 steps to happiness: Don't speak badly about yourself. Trust your instincts. Let go of what you can't control. Don't be afraid to say no. Don't be afraid to say yes. - Karen Salmansohn
I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything. - Elizabeth I
I’m afraid you cannot leave,' said Zarniwoop, 'you are entwined in the Improbability Field. You cannot escape.' He smiled the smile that Zaphod had wanted to hit and this time Zaphod hit it. - Douglas Adams
Every day thousands of people bury good ideas because they are afraid to act on them.And afterwards, the ghosts of these ideas come back to haunt them. - David J. Schwartz
Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them. - Epictetus
You can try to reestablish your connection to Heaven - the connection we all have available to us but have forgotten, or are afraid to use. Then trust the wisdom and guidance that comes forward. - Paul Stefaniak
blessed are those who can find light in dark places, courageous enough to feel when it's time to reflect & hopeful enough to believe when all seems impossible. We don't have enough pioneers like this, and I wonder if it's because they were afraid to live and afraid to learn? - Nikki Rowe
What you're afraid to think must be the truth. - Marty Rubin
Tell us your phobias, and we will tell you what you are afraid of. - Robert Benchley
I cannot be afraid of being afraid. Rather, I need to realize that it is my fear that gives me the energy to wrestle that which I fear into the dirt that is soon to become the road underneath my feet. - Craig D. Lounsbrough
It won't do to be afraid of failure. Failure is the mother of success; a long journey begins from the ground beneath his feet. - Gen Urobuchi 虚淵 玄
I tell people not to be afraid of their fears; because their fears are not there to scare them, they're there to let them know that something is worth it. Yet I am often afraid. I guess that means in my life, lots of things have been worth it! - C. JoyBell C.
One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do. - Henry Ford
Find what you are afraid of, face it, and then you won't be afraid of it anymore. - Marilyn Manson
America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success. - Sigmund Freud
To live your life afraid of others and deny them a chance to come close is to not live at all. - Heather Marie Adkins
Don't be afraid to see what you see. - Ronald Reagan
I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
I’m not afraid of the darkness outside. It’s the darkness inside houses I don’t like. - Shelagh Delaney
What the world really needs is courageous parenting from mothers and fathers who are not afraid to speak up and take a stand. - Larry R. Lawrence
He hath never failed thee yet.Never will His love forget.O fret not thyself nor letThy heart be troubled,Neither let it be afraid. - Amy Carmichael
Religion is for people who're afraid of going to hell. Spirituality is for those who've already been there. - Vine Deloria Jr.
The technique of tredding the success path is making a single step, and if you are kinda afraid to throw the second leg, hire divinity to pull you along. - Michael Bassey Johnson
Scripture states that it is the people of darkness who are supposed to be afraid of us, the carriers of light. - Sunday Adelaja
Since I am suffering with type 2 bipolar disorder mainly on the depressive side of the bipolar disorder.I am not afraid nor am I disappointed with it; if this is what God Almighty want me to have; I will make sure that I will make good use of this disorder; and, be the best person that I can be. - Temitope Owosela
I believe that men are generally still a little afraid of the dark though the witches are all hung, and Christianity and candles have been introduced. - Anaïs Nin
He who hesitates is probably afraid what others will think. - Marty Rubin
And then she learnt to be a little wild she had to be a little less afraid. - Nikki Rowe
weak men are afraid of a woman's strength. - R.H. Sin
If there's a thing I've learned in my life it's to not be afraid of the responsibility that comes with caring for other people. What we do for love: those things endure. Even if the people you do them for don't - Cassandra Clare
By God a man is afraid more of himself than anything else; every day he is struggling to construct a God first to suit him, only then to others. - Thiruman Archunan
I can't think why fancy religions should have such a ghastly effect on one's grammar. It's a kind of intellectual rot that sets in, I'm afraid. - Dorothy L. Sayers
Every Profound thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood - Fredrich Nietzsche
Please don't cry one tear for me, I'm not afraid of what I have to say.This is my one and only voice, so listen close... it's only for today. - Shinedown
Nothing in life is stronger than perseverance; time only promotes it, failure is afraid of it, negative people hide from it, and disease is affected by it. Even rocks give way to perseverance: because if water perseveres its impacts on the surface of a rock long enough, the rock starts to wither. - Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana, Ph.D, MBA
If you find a man who trusts you, who isn't afraid, who sees you for who you are, and if it feels like he knows you for who it is that you simply are, and thinks all of that is beautiful; know that you have found a rare thing. - C. JoyBell C.
I’m a moon junky. Every time I look at the moon I feel less alone and less afraid. I tell my boys that moonlight is a magic blanket and the stars above are campfires set by friendly aliens. - Amy Poehler
Luck? I don’t know anything about luck. I’ve never banked on it and I’m afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: hard work - and realizing what opportunity is and what isn’t." - Lucille Ball
Don't be afraid of who you're not.. Be afraid of never knowing who you are. Defend your authentic self. - Karen Laffey
I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens. - Woody Allen
Don't be afraid to say "No". It's empowering. Remember, a "Yes" is a commitment. Give them wisely. - Sharon Law Tucker
You mustn't be afraid to sparkle a little brighter darling . - Kirsten Kuehn
Being afraid is the worst sin there is. - Jean-Paul Belmondo
We are afraid of religion because it interprets rather than observance. Religion does not confirm that there are hungry people in the world; it interprets the hungry to be our brethren whom we allowed to starve. - Dorothee Sölle
When you have the courage to tell the truth about what you're really afraid of, fear doesn't have control over your life. - Ali Vincent
Don't be afraid of the shadows, that only means there's a light nearby. - Evanescence
With the wings of imagination, don't be afraid to fly. - Debasish Mridha
I regard the afterlife to be a fairy story for people that are afraid of the dark - Stephen Hawking
If you are afraid to fail, then you are afraid to succeed. - Joban Singh Bal
Be afraid of a gentleman when he is hungry, and of a mean person when his stomach is full.
And there comes a time that what is happening does not suit you anymore...You flip a coin, light a match and throw it behind your back and let everything purify in ashes while you are moving forward.There is no reason to be afraid of the new, the old has power no more - Konstantinos Kyriakou.K.K
Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future. - Jimmy Carter
But sometimes, when she'd be all by herself, walking home late in the evening on a crowded street she'd be afraid of her own shadow following her... - Sanhita Baruah
If you're not afraid, how can you be really brave? - Tove Jansson
All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent, if you choose; but when it is necessary, speak—and speak in such a way that people will remember it. - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
«And in the end» said the witch to the drowning prince «You've been the one choosing the thornless path in spite of knowing where it could lead. The one who afraid of the pricking roses, plunged himself into an abyss without petals - Nur Bedeir
Most people keep their dreams to themselves, afraid to follow their hearts. Writers make their dreams a reality with each word, each line that flows from their pen. - C.K. Webb
We ourselves are behaving in the Church as if we are afraid of the light, it should not be so. - Sunday Adelaja
Obstacles are weak walls without foundations; if you fear them, they will defeat you. But the fact is that they are even afraid of you. So why frightened? - Israelmore Ayivor
Am I afraid of ghosts? My life experience has taught me to be much more afraid of what a human is capable of in broad daylight than what a ghost is capable of at night. - Steve Maraboli
Praying because you're afraid is not like praying because you have faith. Faith and fear never meet. If you are faithful and still feel scared, it's whether you're not praying right or not praying at all. - Sandra Chami Kassis
Nothing in the world makes people so afraid as the influence of independent-minded people. - Albert Einstein
He preferred to give in the light,because whenit was dark, he was afraid his giving would go unnoticed - Charmaine J Forde
Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it. - C. JoyBell C.
When feels that someone puts you aside, sometimes thinks in an act of selfishnessbut always its really to have afraid of something worst. - frank jymz
Friend, be not afraid of thy office, thou sendest me to God.
There's a hero if you look inside your heart. You don't have to be afraid of what you are.
Don’t be afraid of criticism; the tallest trees are always confronted by the strongest winds. - Matshona Dhliwayo
Because zombies can’t go out into the sun, most of them tend to be afraid of anything that can go into the sun and live to tell the tale. - M.C. Steve
I have fallen in love with you Sasha Ava Stryker. I am afraid it is eternal and binding. I wanted to stake my claim on you tonight. To make you mine for now and infinity to come. - Farrah Naseem
This world, I am afraid, is designed for crashing bores. - Morrissey
They’re scared of death, but that’s like being afraid of life. - Dominic Riccitello
Normal people are just freaks who are afraid to be themselves in public. - Anonymous
Don’t be afraid to change. Without change, there is no life. - Debasish Mridha
As a child, I was afraid of the dark and the monsters on the outside.As a man, I run away from the light, afraid to show the monsters within. - Anthony Liccione
What if I told you 10 years from now your life would be exactly the same?Doubt you'd be happy.So, why are you afraid of change? - Karen Salmansohn
It is a common condition of being poor... you are always afraid that the good things in your life are temporary, that someone can take them away, because you have no power beyond your own brute strength to stop them. - Rick Bragg
Soldiers who are not afraid of guns, bombs, capture, torture or death say they are afraid of homosexuals. Clearly we should not be used as soldiers; we should be used as weapons. - anonymous
This is the key to the entire universe. You know what this is? It's not a microphone, this right here is your voice. This physical thing just amplifies it. Don't be afraid of your voice. You have a voice without a microphone. Use it and don't let anybody snuff you out and tell you don't have one. - Hayley Williams
The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. they are afraid of women. - Malala Yousafzai
yes, I have feelingsand no, I’m not afraid of themnot even the shadowy onesthat you’d rather ignorei gather them inwelcome them homegive them space to breatheand light them on glorious firejust to seewhat might be illuminatedwhile they burn - Jeanette LeBlanc
A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid. - William Faulkner
Life is like this roller coaster you can’t wait to be tall enough and old enough to get on. But when you get on it you realize you’re afraid of roller coasters. - Evan Rauch
I am not afraid... I was born to do this. - Jeanne d'Arc
If you're afraid to be alone, you are alone. - Marty Rubin
Josie, like Gretchen, isn't afraid of blood. What woman would be? - Chelsea Cain
Ye mustn't be afraid to ask for help. Pride is a good thing, my girl, but it will kill you in time. - Terry Pratchett
Sometimes, we become afraid to change because others judgment and opinions. Then, we making puerile excuses to please others, not ourselves. - Rofithah Omar
He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived. - Franz Kafka
‎"You want more?" she asked a bit breathlessly. "Even after what we did?"His mouth took on a sardonic twist. "I'm afraid quantity usually matters for me . . ."--THE PRINCESS'S ASSASSINS - Emma Holly
Look deeper through the telescopeand do not be afraid when the starscollide towards the darkness,because sometimes the most beautifulthings begin in chaos. - Robert M. Drake
Every kid's afraid of that right? That someday you'll be left in a corner, like a toy, staring with button eyes and a broken heart. - Lili St. Crow
Only those who have never known fear are allowed to think less of others for being afraid. Frankly, I think anyone who has never been afraid of anything in their entire life is either a liar or lacks imagination. - Laurell K. Hamilton
But dear, don’t be afraid of love it’s only magic. - Robert M. Drake
Maybe is wasn't love so much as a fear of losing everything I'd accomplished. I was afraid to let go. - Dee Williams
The main thing in life is not to be afraid to be human. - Pablo Casals
If you want to control someone, all you have to do is to make them feel afraid. - Paulo Coelho
Be humbler about what [you] know, more confident about what's possible, and less afraid of things that don't matter. - Tim Urban
All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty. - L. Frank Baum
I was afraid that your buns were blown all the way to the Bardot Museum in Paris, where they put them on display, and then…. Mina said, Were they displayed like this?" —Bats 2015 - Fred Barnett
I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today. - William Allen White
All in all, I am not surprised that the people who want to unravel the social contract start with young adults. Those who are urged to feel afraid, very afraid, have both the greatest sense of independence and the most finely honed skepticism about government. - Ellen Goodman
... and for the first time he realized the pain inevitable in any human relationship - pain suffered and pain inflicted. How foolish we were to be afraid of loneliness. - Graham Greene
Don't be afraid of the dark, it's a place where you can hide. - August Verona
When you are no longer afraid is when you can be yourself. - Shannon L. Alder
Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace...Peace will be the last word of history. - Pope John Paul II
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my ship. - Louisa May Alcott
When you are not afraid to fail, you will always win. - TemitOpe Ibrahim
Beautiful places are not just a joy for the moment, while you’re there. They will become homes for you, spaces of solace and comfort, where you can close your eyes and go to. Nothing you experience will ever go away. It belongs to you now. Just feel. Don’t be afraid to feel. - Charlotte Eriksson
Never be afraid to say I love you or else you might cry your self to sleep one night thinking what could have been because I did - Ethan Berger
He of whom many are afraid ought to fear many. - Sir Francis Bacon
If epigenetic changes caused by trauma such as the Holocaust, or enslavement, can be passed through generations, as researchers have recently found, perhaps some of us are hard-wired to be afraid because our history has taught us that fear is a kind of armor. - Amy Brill
The only thing I'm afraid of about this country is that its government will someday become so monstrous that the smallest person in it will be trampled underfoot, and then it wouldn't be worth living in - Harper Lee
If you don't stop fear, fear will stop you. Somebody's gotta stop. My advice? Don't let it be you. Whatever IT is. Do IT afraid - Saji Ijiyemi
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. - John F. Kennedy
Don't for heaven's sake, be afraid of talking nonsense! But you must pay attention to your nonsense. - Ludwig Wittgenstein
Sometimes the one thing you need for growth is the one thing you are afraid to do. - Shannon L. Alder
An actor must never be afraid to make a fool of himself. - Harvey Cocks
Do not be afraid of defeat. you are never so near victory as when defeated in a good cause - Henry Ward Beecher
In a country where people are afraid of criticizing the government, many things must be going horrible! In such countries people must know that a society of cowards will always be remembered as a society of honourless people! - Mehmet Murat ildan
Be not afraid of greatness: some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them. - William Shakespeare
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. - Louisa May Alcott
You are not alone if you are lonely,When you feel afraid, you're not the only. - Matt Maher
I am drunk with love and afraid of nothing.I am melting like happiness, enjoying everything. - Debasish Mridha
Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared. - Eddie Rickenbacker
It’s okay to be afraid. Just don’t let it get the best of you. If you do, it will slowly creep inside you until you’re completely paralyzed. Fear has that effect, unless you bravely face it head-on. When you accept fear, it actually makes you stronger. - Kevin J. Donaldson
Stop being afraid of fear, let it be scared of you - Munia Khan
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. - William James
Some tips for life: 1.Don't be afraid to follow your dreams, unless your dreams are stupid. 2.Be kind to people. 3.Don't get too excited when you read the Fountainhead 4.In times of recession, it is time for invention. 5.Things can kill you, so keep that in mind, you fearless know it alls. - Eugene Mirman
You’ll feel afraid at times. You’ll feel weak at times. But remember, fear and weakness are not your enemies. They are forms of evolutionary wisdom in the face of danger. Take some time to assess the situation and shake the weakness and fear off your limbic system. - Abhijit Naskar
...the waiting was torture, the worst Ka had ever known. It was this pain, this deadly wait, he now remembered, that had made him afraid to fall in love. - Orhan Pamuk
Don't be afraid. Change is such a beautiful thing", said the Butterfly. - Sabrina Newby
Frankly speaking, I'm not afraid of death. I don't endeavour to avert its advent. But I don't want to be a witness of it. - Alexander Zalan
They think the government shows people everything —how to work, study, eat, sleep and that’s it. They are afraid of change. They do not understand that if you want to do something, you should do it. You are free, people, free! - Anton Krotov
Thank you for the pain. At least I am no longer afraid to face it next time. - RSCruz
If you are afraid to fail, then you are afraid to succeed. You can never succeed of you have not failed. - Joban Singh Bal
Every person in the world has to figure out what the right place for them is. It’s okay to be afraid, as long as you don’t allow the fear to take over your life. - Leigh Hershkovich
Even gods are following trends. They are afraid to be forgotten by their creators - Bangambiki Habyarimana
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