Afraid Quotes
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...whatever happens I'll not be afraid again; for, when you've once pushed through the place of torment to the peace beyond, you know that you can do it again. You know there's a strength somewhere that you can call upon. You've confidence.
Elizabeth Goudge
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When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
Norman Vincent Peale
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Afraid of death? Not at all. Be a great relief. Then I wouldn't have to talk to you.
Katharine Hepburn
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I was always listening to my father more than anyone. I was always afraid of my father more than anyone. But there's a moment in time where other men in your life can have a huge impact.
Kevin Costner
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I lied to Julia, I didn't know what else to do because you - you make me feel..." I had to stop. Not because I didn't have words. I did. But I was afraid to say them. He looked at me, and I knew then I could love him. That if I let myself I would. "You make me feel too," he said, and held out one hand.
Elizabeth Scott
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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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To him who is afraid, everything rustles.
Sophocles
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I'm not afraid of failure; I'm afraid of succeeding at things that don't matter.
William Carey
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That isn’t who you are. You’re afraid. And you cannot have a life of great meaning if you make decisions out of fear.
Barbara O'Neal
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Be scared. You can't help that. But don't be afraid. Ain't nothing in the woods going to hurt you unless you corner it, or it smells that you are afraid. A bear or a deer, too, has got to be scared of a coward the same as a brave man has got to be.
William Faulkner
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I'm pleased because as a comic I live on the fringes of an extreme society. What could be better than satirizing this insanity. People are on edge, desperate and afraid. Those who aren't are soulless or living in extreme denial, locked in a magic kingdom of their own making. As a comic I get to poke at people's bubbles! Of course I'm pleased. I get to be their mouthpiece for their rage and fear! Tremendous fun.
Eddie Pepitone
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Dogs may be divided into two classes: those who are merely afraid of cattle and those who can't abide them.
Elspeth Huxley
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A racist is just an ignorant man afraid of people who are different from him.
Alaa Al Aswany
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Of course, I got hurt, but I was never afraid.
Katherine Stinson
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You can't allow the forces of political correction to shut you up. I mean, why are people afraid to say, 'Merry Christmas?' Give me a break. If people don't like it, yeah, they can go do something else.
Benjamin Carson
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When I started out, people were afraid of parish priests. Now they're afraid of newspaper editors.
Michael D. Higgins
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People are always looking into the dark. We're afraid of what we might see. It might be the dark outside, it might be the dark of our own souls, but I figure it's better to get caught looking that to never know.
Carrie Jones
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I'm afraid of everything. I'm not a naturally courageous person.
Michael Stipe R.E.M.
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Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.
Belva Davis
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Everything is so beautiful I am afraid to wake up again to the hard world.
Nils-Aslak Valkeapaa
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I would always be afraid: afraid of saying the wrong thing, of using an exaggerated tone, of dressing unsuitably, of revealing petty feelings, of not having interesting thoughts.
Elena Ferrante
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Mr. Knightley, if I have not spoken, it is because I am afraid I will awaken myself from this dream.
Jane Austen
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But he felt too confident in Catherine’s beautiful nature to be afraid of Ned. Catherine, who loved beauty, who was so much moved by it—witness her rapt face at The Immortal Hour—would never listen to blandishments from anyone with Ned’s nose. Besides, Ned was elderly. In spite of the fur rug up to his chin, Christopher had seen that all right. He was an elderly, puffy man. Elderliness and love! He grinned to himself. If only the elderly could see themselves….
Elizabeth von Arnim
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That's what's wrong with you. All your beaux have respected you too much, though God knows why, or they have been too afraid of you to really do right by you. The result is that you are unendurably uppity. You should be kissed and by someone who knows how.
Margaret Mitchell