Afraid Quotes
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Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature.
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We're not really afraid to die. We're only afraid of being forgotten. We know that we'll be forgotten, and the idea is unbearable, don't you agree? As time passes we become infrequent visitors in the minds of those left behind. The ones who clear out the house & divide up the belongings. Throw away the rubbish. And forget. If we knew that every evening someone lit a candle and sat down to think – thought about is if only for a few seconds – then we could depart this earth in peace. No-one will light a candle for me. Who would do that?
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Race is the great taboo in our society. We are afraid to talk about it. White folks fear their unspoken views will be deemed racist. People of color are filled with sorrow and rage at unrighted wrongs. Drowning in silence, we are brothers and sisters drowning each other. Once we decide to transform ourselves from fearful caterpillars into courageous butterflies, we will be able to bridge the racial gulf and move forward together towards a bright and colorful future.
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Don't ever be afraid to live. Because though dying is easy when compared to living
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People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that's bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they're afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they're wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It's all in how you carry it.
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People pay a million dollars to be recognized, but nobody cares about them. They cared about me because I did things other men were afraid to do. That's why my fans identified with me.
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There's nothing I'm afraid of like scared people.
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I wish I might take this for a compliment; but to be so easily seen through I am afraid is pitiful.
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I am completely half afraid to think.
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Thus I spoke, more and more softly; for I was afraid of my own thoughts and the thoughts behind my thoughts.
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Cruelty impresses, people want to be afraid of something. They want someone to whom they can submit with a shudder, the masses need that. They need something to dreed.
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I owe a lot to Darren Perry. I don't think I'd be this far this early if it wasn't for him pushing me to run an extra second or showing me a play on film and telling me when I see it, that's the green light to go do it and don't be afraid to take that next step and take chances. That's what the game is about.
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We must not be afraid of dreaming the seemingly impossible if we want the seemingly impossible to become a reality.
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I knew why people were afraid of the future. Because the future wasn’t going to look like the past. That was really scary.
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Some people are afraid to dress in ways that they actually like because it might be different than what most people expect or how others dress.
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I like comedy that's very specific and isn't afraid to lose people through its specificity.
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Be brave. Don't be afraid to be stupid.
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Don't be afraid to face the facts, and never lose your ability to ask the questions: Why? and How?
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When you have decided that a thing ought to be done and are doing it, never avoid bein seen doing it, though many shall form an unfavorable opinion about it. For if it is not right to do it, avoid doing the thing; but if it is right, why are you afraid of those who shall find fault wrongly?
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He who cheats with an oath acknowledges that he is afraid of his enemy, but that he thinks little of God.
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You can't be afraid until you have no other option but to be afraid.
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America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.
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I have never met any really wicked person before. I feel rather frightened. I am so afraid he will look just like every one else.
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There's always fear. Always fear. Anyone who says they are not afraid is lying to you. Because this can all change tomorrow.
