Afraid Quotes

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There have been times when the church seemed afraid, but she is no longer. Analyze, dissect, use your microscope or your spectrum till the last… — Henry Adams
I've dedicated my career to fighting the mundane. My hope is that my career will be a shining example to children everywhere that life is… — RuPaul
I finally understand that itâ€™s okay to be a little afraid of things but that obsessing over them does not mean you have any more… — Jen Kirkman
I'm afraid everything I was is gone and all that's left is everything I'm not. — Courtney Summers
Like silence after noise, or cool, clear water on a hot, stuffy day, Emptiness cleans out the messy mind and charges up the batteries of… — Benjamin Hoff
If everything you say gets laughed at...then you become afraid of everyone... and are no longer able to speak... even knowing all that does is… — Natsuki Takaya
I'm afraid to go into myself and see what's going on in there. — Muriel Barbery
Whenever I'm faced with a difficult decision, I ask myself, 'What would I do if I weren't afraid of making a mistake? Feeling rejected? looking… — Oprah Winfrey
Good art can come out of thieves, bootleggers, or horse swipes. People really are afraid to find out just how much hardship and poverty they… — William Faulkner
I want everybody to travel, to travel and not be afraid. — Dhani Jones
If everyone is speaking caterpillar, donâ€™t be afraid to speak butterfly. When itâ€™s time to awaken, nothing else will suit you. — Tama J. Kieves
There are some closed doors weâ€™re so frightened of opening that we donâ€™t see them any more. Weâ€™ve pushed furniture in front of them; weâ€™ve… — Timothee de Fombelle
Fear has been my biggest friend. Fear of the unknown. Whenever I've been afraid, I've been very self-protective. — Erin O'Connor
Be not afraid! In admitting a creator, refuse not to examine his creation; and take not the assertions of creatures like yourselves, in place of… — Frances Wright
I believe that men are generally still a little afraid of the dark, though the witches are all hung. — Henry David Thoreau
He who flies from his master is a runaway; but the law is master, and he who breaks the law is a runaway. And he… — Marcus Aurelius
A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic. They make frantic efforts to bar our… — Winston Churchill
Whenever an angel says "Be not afraid!" you'd better start worrying. A big assignment is on the way. — Elie Wiesel
The authority of a belief imposed by religion surely destroys the discovery of reality.One relies on authority because one is afraid to stand alone. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
A critic recently described me, with deadly acuteness, as having 'a kindly dislike of my fellow-creatures.' Perhaps dread would have been nearer the mark than… — George Bernard Shaw

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