Afraid Quotes

5719 Afraid quotes by 3276 unique authors

You are so afraid of losing your moral sense that you are not willing to take it through anything more dangerous than a mud-puddle. — Gertrude Stein
If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown,give him… — Rajneesh
Aravis also had many quarrels (and, I'm afraid even fights) with Cor, but they always made it up again: so that years later, when they… — C.S. Lewis
Then the carousel started, and I watched her go round and round...All the kids tried to grap for the gold ring, and so was old… — J D Salinger
You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts… — Winston Churchill
You are afraid of it because it is stronger than you; you hate it because you are afraid of it; you love it because you… — Yevgeny Zamyatin
If I were at any time to set out on a career of deceit, it would be of Miss Marple that I should be afraid. — Agatha Christie
Creator: A comedian whose audience is afraid to laugh. — H. L. Mencken
Alas," said the mouse, "the whole world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept… — Franz Kafka
a fellow is more afraid of the trouble he might have than he ever is of the trouble he's already got. He'll cling to trouble… — William Faulkner
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would… — William Faulkner
You have plenty of courage, I am sure," answered Oz. "All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not… — L. Frank Baum
We’re too much ourselves. Afraid of letting go of what we are, in case we are nothing, and holding on so tight, we lose everything… — Clive Barker
People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don’t deserve them, or that they’ll be unable to achieve them.… — Paulo Coelho
...We pray together, we are afraid together, and then we go to sleep. Even if Satan came into the house, no one would interfere. After… — Victor Hugo
The girl had a certain nobleness of imagination, which rendered her a good many services and played her a great many tricks. She spent half… — Henry James
When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. — Katherine Mansfield
The student is half afraid to meet one of the great philosophers face to face. He feels himself inadequate and thinks he will not understand… — C.S. Lewis
He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul. — Leo Tolstoy
It is a common condition of being poor...you are always afraid that the good things in your life are temporary, that someone can take them… — Rick Bragg
All of us take pride and pleasure in the fact that we are unique, but I'm afraid that when all is said and done the… — David Sedaris
People who are most afraid of their dreams convince themselves they don't dream at all. — John Steinbeck
Jesus said several times, “Come, follow me.” His was a program of “do what I do,” rather than “do what I say.” His innate brilliance… — Spencer W. Kimball
From childhood I had never believed in permanence, and yet I had longed for it. Always I was afraid of losing happiness. This month, next… — Graham Greene
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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