Being afraid Quotes · Page 3

To philosophize is only another way of being afraid and leads hardly anywhere but to cowardly make-believe.

— Louis-Ferdinand Celine

“Because once you're afraid of one thing, you can get scared of a lot of stuff.”

— Ava Dellaira

I spent my entire life being afraid. I was afraid of everything - height, flights - I had no idea why.

— Shari Arison

A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.

— Ignatius of Loyola

You can only be brave by being afraid. Embrace what you are scared of and shift its energy to destroy your fears.

— Joel Brown

Its not about being afriad to be hurt, Its about being afraid to be alone.

— Anonymous

being afraid to take chances is scarier than actually doing things that challenge you.

— Simone Elkeles

Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back.

— Eve Ensler

Fear in the biblical sense... includes being afraid of someone, but it extends to holding someone in awe, being controlled or mastered…

— Edward T Welch

I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let…

— Florence Welch

How tragic that the very thing that could set us free-playing the fool-is the thing we will not do. When we're afraid…

— Mike Mason

There isn't so much to be afraid of, out there. I can remember thinking it was funny to find that out, on…

— Nick Hornby

Lots of people misunderstand this. They think not experiencing fear means they're courageous. Bravery isn't about not being afraid, it's about persevering…

— Kim Du-han

I often tell people to stop being afraid of writing bad poetry, or bad anything. I think that a lot of times,…

— Sarah Kay

I ignore my fear,” he says. “When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn’t exist.” I stare at him for a second.…

— Veronica Roth

there is no harm in being afraid. The only harm is in doing what Fear tells you. Fear is not your master!…

— George MacDonald

I think making friends is not being afraid to look stupid, because everyone wants a friend who is willing to be stupid…

— Adam DeVine

It's just literally being afraid. And you think, oh, [the alcohol] will ease the fear. And it doesn't." What was he afraid…

— Robin Williams

Jesus isn't coming for a church that's gritting her teeth, struggling to stay free from sin, secretly wishing she could indulge in…

— Mike Bickle

Jerome Kagan, the Harvard psychologist, only hires people who are anxious, because he thinks they are better and more conscientious workers. I…

— Scott Stossel

It is true that He does sometimes require of us things that to others seem hard. But when the will is once…

— R. A. Torrey

What I hope is that this wider pattern of films about slavery that's emerging isn't just a fad but evidence that we've…

— Amma Asante

“...it is all the more clear what we have to accomplish at present: I am referring to ruthless criticism of all that…

— Karl Marx

It would be too frightening for me to consider myself a role model. But I like the idea of not being afraid…

— Florence Welch

I think I'm afraid to be happy because whenever you do get too happy something bad always happens.

— Mayma

No one should ever be afraid of failing; it's being afraid to give it your all in trying that I urge against.

— Chrissie Wellington

Sometimes being afraid can show more strength than being fearless.

— Demi Lovato

Dying is something you have no control over. Why waste your life being afraid of it?

— Saul Williams

Not being afraid to make changes is a valuable tool - knowing you can change back.

— Tori Amos

Courage is being afraid, but then doing what you have to do anyway.

— Rudy Giuliani

It's different being afraid when there's the hope it will amount to something.

— Justin Cronin

There are wars and poverty and so on - it's based on fear. You can cure that with your being by not…

— Ram Dass

An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.

— Edwin Land

Courage means being afraid to do something, but still doing it.

— Knute Rockne

My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.

— Eartha Kitt

I was brought up in a very poor and very violent household. I spent much of my childhood being afraid.

— Patrick Stewart

Being afraid of having an endoscopy (if you're a man) and giving birth (if you're a woman).

— Paulo Coelho

It's fear of being afraid that frightens me more than anything else.

— Jerome Cady

That's silly, Anna," said the Honorable Olive. "Being afraid is silly, you know it is.

— Eva Ibbotson

Do you know how happiness begins? It begins with no longer being afraid.

— Guus Kuijer