Dread Quotes

466 quotes by 370 authors

Without God there is for mankind no purpose, no goal, no hope, only a wavering future, an eternal dread of every darkness. — Jean Paul
If we ought not to fear mortal truth, still less should we dread scientific truth. In the first place it can not conflict with ethics?… — Henri Poincare
The alternative which I favor is to renounce all euphemisms and grasp the nettle of the word atheism itself, precisely because it is a taboo… — Richard Dawkins
I cannot believe in the immortality of the soul. No, all this talk of an existence for us, as individuals, beyond the grave is wrong.… — Thomas A. Edison
Wine gives a man nothing. It neither gives him knowledge nor wit; it only animates a man, and enables him to bring out what a… — Samuel Johnson
He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius. — William Gilmore Simms
I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic… — John Mortimer
When your thoughts, words, and deeds form a seamless fabric, you streamline your efforts and thus eliminate worry and dread. — Epictetus
Big occasions and races which have been eagerly anticipated almost to the point of dread, are where great deeds can be accomplished. — Jack Lovelock
As Benjamin Franklin said, 'Those things that hurt, instruct.' It is for this reason that wise people learn not to dread but actually to welcome… — M. Scott Peck
He makes His ministers a flame of fire. Am I ignitible? God deliver me from the dread asbestos of 'other things.' Saturate me with the… — Jim Elliot
When you resolve to become pious, the devil in your nature cries out at you, "Tread not those paths, O confused one; distress and poverty… — Rumi
Why exactly are we so frightened of death that we avoid looking at it altogether? Somewhere, deep down, we know we cannot avoid facing death… — Sogyal Rinpoche
Dread lord and cousin, may the almighty preserve your reverence and lordship in long life and good fortune. — Owain Glyndwr
I am not myself apt to be alarmed at innovations recommended by reason. That dread belongs to those whose interests or prejudices shrink from the… — Thomas Jefferson
I am inclined to think that as I grow older I will come to be infatuated with the art of revision, and there may come… — Joyce Carol Oates
A careless way of sauntering across the earth and breaking open its treasures, a terrible dependency on sucking out the world's best juices for ourselves-these… — Barbara Kingsolver
Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others. Sometimes it does. But the… — James Boswell
When we were the political slaves of King George, and wanted to be free, we called the maxim that "all men are created equal" a… — Abraham Lincoln
Lord Jesu, I ask Thee, give unto me movement in Thy love without measure; desire without limit; longing without order; burning without discretion. Truly the… — Richard Rolle

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