Dread Quotes

466 quotes by 370 authors

I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was being… — John Gibson Paton
I am oppressed with a dread of living forever. That is the only disadvantage of vegetarianism. — George Bernard Shaw
Greatly his foes he dreads, but more his friends; He hurts me most who lavishly commends. — Charles Churchill
He that has his trust set upon God does not need to dread anything except the weakening or the paralyzing of that trust. — Alexander MacLaren
Anyone who's a parent dreads that call in the middle of the night. I have four grown children and I still dread it. — Tony Dungy
There is little peace or comfort in life if we are always anxious as to future events. He that worries himself with the dread of… — Samuel Johnson
There was a child went forth everyday, And the first object he looked upon and received with wonder or pity or dread, that object he… — Walt Whitman
We create an image of who we are inside our self. The image then becomes very deeply entrenched, and it becomes the thing that we… — Douglas Hofstadter
The key to overcoming aloneness and a feeling of uselessness for one who is physically able is to step outside yourself by helping others who… — Ezra Taft Benson
It must be so,-Plato, thou reasonest well! Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality? Or whence this secret dread and… — Joseph Addison
In a despotic government, the only principle by which the tyrant who is to move the whole machine means to regulate and manage the people… — Samuel Williams
Fear of self is the greatest of all terrors, the deepest of all dread, the commonest of all mistakes. From it grows failure. Because of… — David Seabury
God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable… — William Cowper
Many live in dread of what is coming. Why should we? The unknown puts adventure into life. ... The unexpected around the corner gives a… — E. Stanley Jones
The Social Security program is a pact between workers and their employers that they will contribute to a common fund to ensure that those who… — Jimmy Carter
In addition to the dread of Indians, Texas held out no inducements for Mexican emigrants. — William H. Wharton
Thin ribbons of fear snake bluely through you like a system of rivers. We need a cloudburst or soothing landscape fast, to still this panic.… — Amy Gerstler
Theatre remains the only thing I understand. It is in the community of theatre that I have my being. In spite of jealousies and fears,… — Robert Helpmann
Why do we dread adversity when we know that facing it is the only way to become stronger, smarter, better? — John Wooden
God is down in front. He is in the tomorrows. It is tomorrow that fills men with dread. God is there already. All the tomorrows… — F B Meyer

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