Feared Quotes

440 quotes by 368 authors

One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.' — Norman Ralph Augustine
I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this would have been… — Teresa of Avila
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech… — Louis D. Brandeis
Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments - a republic whose flag is loved… — William Jennings Bryan
Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
You must picture me alone in that room in Magdalen, night after night, feeling, whenever my mind lifted even for a second from my work,… — C.S. Lewis
Is this dying? Is this all? Is this what I feared when I prayed against a hard death? Oh, I can bear this! I can… — Cotton Mather
Any idea that is held in the mind that is either feared or revered will, begin at once to clothe itself in the most convenient… — Andrew Carnegie
Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared. — Sun Tzu
Nevertheless, he must be cautious in believing and acting, and must not inspire fear of his own accord, and must proceed in a temperate manner… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The reply is, that one ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two to go together, it is… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Still, a prince should make himself feared in such a way that if he does not gain love, he at any rate avoids hatred; for… — Niccolo Machiavelli
On the course, what is feared is like a magnet. Water, bunkers, trees, ravines, high grass - whatever you fear turns magnetic. — Wiffi Smith
It is not suffering as such that is most deeply feared but suffering that degrades. — Susan Sontag
She feared no danger, for she knew no sin. — John Dryden
We should never lose sight of the ethos that has made the Marine Corps - where 'every Marine is a rifleman' - one of America's… — Robert M. Gates
I studied the Quran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction that by and large there have been few religions… — Alexis de Tocqueville
She will never win him, whose words had shown she feared to lose. — Dorothy Parker

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