Afraid Quotes
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Mrs. Mitcham had seen more love about in the flat than she could remember during the whole of poor Mr. Cumfrit’s time in it. She couldn’t help wondering what that poor gentleman would say if he could see what was happening in his flat. He wouldn’t much like it, she was afraid; but perhaps hardly anybody who was dead would much like what they would see, supposing they were able to come back and look.
Elizabeth von Arnim
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Don't be afraid of a little opposition. Remember that the 'Kite' of success generally rises AGAINST the wind of Adversity, not with it.
Napoleon Hill
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I was so afraid that I thought I was sick. But was I sick? Did I really have a murmur in my heart? No. The only problem has always been the disquiet of my mind. I can’t stop it, I always have to do, redo, cover, uncover, reinforce, and then suddenly undo, break.
Elena Ferrante
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Don't ever be afraid to live. Because though dying is easy when compared to living
Sandra Brown
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Many neglected and abused children grow up to be adults who are afraid to take risks of striking out on their own. Many will remain dependent on their abusive parents and unable to separate from them. Others leave their abusive parents only to attach themselves to a partner who is controlling.
Beverly Engel
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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
Henry Ward Beecher
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I'm in a unique situation. I'm 5-foot-6, 175 pounds, so I wouldn't say people are super afraid of me. I live a normal life. I don't walk into a room and everybody looks at me and says, "He plays for the Cleveland Browns" or "He's an NFL superstar" - that doesn't happen. I go under the radar. Most people don't realize who I am until I tell them. So it's not like my life has changed since I've been in the NFL or people treat me any different.
Andrew Hawkins
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What people are afraid of can tell us a lot about society.
Anne Holt
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Perhaps he was afraid as I was that we'd be caught. Or perhaps he was breathing me in just as I was letting him come into my lungs, my eyes, my heart.
Lisa See
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Don’t be overwise; fling yourself straight into life, without deliberation; don’t be afraid - the flood will bear you to the bank and set you safe on your feet again.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it.
Erica Jong
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A man that is afraid is never a man.
Henry Ward Beecher
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I was afraid that it went out of the end zone, but I really wasn't sure. All I knew was that he got me right before I got to the pylon, so I was hoping the ball didn't cross the goal line.
Champ Bailey
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You mustn't be so afraid of life - it's all we've got. Don't let it hurt you so much.
Anna Kavan
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A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths.
Steven Wright
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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.
Plutarch
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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.
Benjamin Alire Saenz
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I am completely half afraid to think.
Flann O'Brien
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Acceptance of homage, she had found, gave no permanent satisfaction; it was better to give it; what is given to you you are always afraid will one day cease to be given but what you give you can give for ever. Life had taught her that at long last.
Elizabeth Goudge
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Beware of the man who denounces psychiatrists; he is afraid.
Erica Jong
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May all beings everywhere plagued with sufferings of body and mind quickly be freed from their illnesses. May those frightened cease to be afraid, and may those bound be free. May the powerless find power, and may people think of befriending each other. May those who find themselves in trackless, fearful wilderness- the children, the aged, the unprotected- be guarded by beneficent celestials, and may they swiftly attain Buddhahood.
Gautama Buddha
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Cities make you afraid.
Conn Iggulden
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We’ve discussed this before. Not just other people saying yes, but whether they mean it, or whether they’re just doing it because they’re afraid.
Aliette de Bodard
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Don't be afraid to ask people 'why,' 'what if.' Don't be afraid to attack your career. Get in the game, don't stay on the sidelines.
Beth Mowins