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Fear Quotes by Audre Lorde
- Once we recognize what it is we are feeling, once we recognize we can feel deeply, love deeply, can feel joy, then we will demand…
- There are many lesbians and gay men trapped by their fear into silence and invisibility, and they exist in a dim valley of terror wearing…
- It is never easy to demand the most from ourselves, from our lives, from our work. To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged…
- And when the sun rises we are afraid it might not remain when the sun sets we are afraid it might not rise in the…
- I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but if you have a goal, then it's your job to…
- Some problems we share as women, some we do not. You [white women] fear your children will grow up to join the patriarchy and testify…
- I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are…
- When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether…
- [Speaking] is never without fear; of visibility, of the harsh light of scrutiny and perhaps judgment, of pain, of death. But we have lived through…
- We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
- What are the words you do not yet have? What do you need to say? What are the tyrannies you swallow day by day and…
- For we have been socialized to respect fear more than our own needs for language and definition, and while we wait in silence for that…
More Fear Quotes
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. — Aristotle
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence. — Aristotle
- Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- Listen to what you know instead of what you fear. — Richard Bach
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that people don't… — Darren Aronofsky
- I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. — Isaac Asimov
- Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. — Bashar al-Assad