Afraid Quotes
5719 quotes by 3491 authors
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Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.
— Plato
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Young man, I am afraid you are wasting your time. If there were any more planets they would have been found long before this.
— Clyde Tombaugh
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What good does it do to be afraid? It doesn't help anything. You better try and figure out what's happening and correct it.
— Chuck Yeager
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We need not be afraid of the future, for the future will be in our own hands.
— Thomas E. Dewey
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When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that…
— Beverly Cleary
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The primary thing I should do, apart from being a good husband, brother, son, and friend, is to be a citizen activist. But I'm afraid…
— Tony Kushner
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We have reason not to be afraid of the machine, for there is always constructive change, the enemy of machines, making them change to fit…
— Charles Kettering
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Why are you afraid? This is where you get it out of your system: bankruptcy, unfulfilled potential, trashing your reputation, losing it all. And then…
— Danielle LaPorte
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Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as…
— Bob Newhart
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Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid of me.
— Alexander Pope
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God's love is a gift that can make you forget yourself at times. The Scottish writer George MacDonald said, "It is the heart that is…
— Sheila Walsh
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A personal relationship with God enhances life. First, it enables us to accept our limitations without being frustrated by them. It assures us that problems…
— Harold S. Kushner
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Indeed, I was so afraid to dishonour my friends and family by my indiscreet actions, that I rather chose to be accounted a fool, than…
— Margaret Cavendish
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What do I advise? Forget it all. Don't be afraid. Do what you get the most pleasure from. Is it to build a cloud chamber?…
— Richard P. Feynman
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So many times people are afraid of competition, when it should bring out the best in us. We all have talents and abilities, so why…
— Lou Holtz
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I try to find what is closest to me in the character. There's many sides to personality, but it's a matter of, do you entertain…
— Corin Nemec
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It is a great mistake, as we have already remarked, to be afraid of Him and to act in His presence like a timid and…
— Alphonsus Liguori
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The real secret is to build an organization that isn't afraid to make changes while it is still successful, before change becomes imperative for survival.
— Lewis E. Platt
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In order to benefit; however, you must believe that life is plotting for you. We often resist this emerging impulse or this urge to emerge…
— Derek Rydall
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I think Stalin was afraid of Roosevelt. Whenever Roosevelt spoke, he sort of watched him with a certain awe. He was afraid of Roosevelt's influence…
— W. Averell Harriman
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