Afraid Quotes

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It seemed to me that I should have a desk, even though I had no real need for a desk. I was afraid that if… — Elwyn Brooks White
Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they're afraid that they'll be forgotten. And in America they're quite right. They will be. — Agnes de Mille
But then peace, peace! I am so mistrustful of it: so much afraid that it means a sort of weakness and giving in. — D. H. Lawrence
Though we talk peace, we wage war. Sometimes we even wage war in the name of peace. Does that seem paradoxical? Well, war is not… — Elie Wiesel
There are defendants whom the judges are afraid of. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Designers are optimistic people who are trained to be courageous about the futureâ€”and making the future happen. They arenâ€™t always aware of the intricacies of… — Nathan Shedroff
You need to marry the qualitative with the quantitative. It better informs us so we can decide what to do. We can't be afraid of… — Nathan Shedroff
In the original language, 'Fear the Lord' doesn't mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him. — Timothy Keller
I'm afraid of elevators, because they are an enclosed space, but I get in. — Amanda Lindhout
I'm not afraid of IED's, bullets, mortars. — Amanda Lindhout
Fear to fear. Be afraid to be afraid. Your worst enemy is within your own bosom. Get to your knees and cry for help, and… — Charles Spurgeon
It is the starved imagination, not the well nourished, that is afraid. — E. M. Forster
It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another. — Baron de Montesquieu
Modern men are afraid of the past. It is a record of human achievement, but its other face is human defeat. — Walter Lippmann
I don't like improv at all. It terrifies me. I like to know exactly what I'm going to say. Being surprised does make me a… — Jesse Tyler Ferguson
If men think that a ruler is religious and has a reverence for the Gods, they are less afraid of suffering injustice at his hands. — Aristotle
Persons of slender intellectual stamina dread competition, as dwarfs are afraid of being run over in the street. — William Hazlitt
We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest. — May Sarton
I cannot harness a horse. I am afraid of a cow. — Lyman Abbott
Never be afraid to be a poppy in a field of daffodils. — Michaela DePrince

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