Dread Quotes

466 quotes by 370 authors

The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more. — Horatio Nelson
When a daring idea first crosses one's mind, if it is to be realized in the future it is often appealing. Then, as the time… — Cynthia Voigt
If one regards life and death as natural processes, the metaphysical dread vanishes, and one obtains peace of mind. — Peter Wessel Zapffe
With what dread and apprehension we entrust important jobs into the hands of others. Imagine the love of a needless God who is willing to… — Calvin Miller
Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head — William Cowper
Many people look upon change with dread and foreboding. But for those on the spiritual path-for those who believe in God and the power of… — Emmet Fox
The executive, in our government is not the sole, it is scarcely the principle, object of my jealousy. The tyranny of the legislature is the… — Thomas Jefferson
Me & the dread yo, give em some head blow Long as he know he keep me flier than a Red Bull — Nicki Minaj
Within this arena, which grows more stable night after day, generations work and love and hope and vanish. New generations tread on the corpses of… — Nikos Kazantzakis
It's the beginning of your day. You awake and look around you, feeling perhaps a joyful expectation, or perhaps an awful dread. No matter which,… — Marianne Williamson
Organic chemistry just now is enough to drive one mad. It gives me the impression of a primeval forest full of the most remarkable things,… — Friedrich Wohler
A State infinitely worse than that which the most inflamed Zealot, the most violent Republican or Enthusiast even pretended to dread before the Rebellion commenced. — Charles Inglis
Work is the best of narcotics, providing the patient be strong enough to take it. I dread idleness as if it were Hell. — Beatrice Webb
You know too well the forces which compose their army to dread their superior numbers. — James Wolfe
The law serves of nought else in these days but for to do wrong, for nothing is spread almost but false matters by color of… — Jack Cade
I requested the gentlemen to put on their hats, and the ladies their shawls, to avoid catching cold, and then had the windows widely opened.… — George Combe
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule. — Seneca the Younger
Why is life speeded up so? Why are things so terribly, unbearably precious that you can't enjoy them but can only wait breathless in dread… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
The evening passes somehow; I watch television with Nancy, or I write. It is difficult, not having a family, and it is difficult to explain.… — Anita Brookner
It's the end game that people dread and that's what I'm scared of — Terry Pratchett

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