Feared Quotes

440 quotes by 358 authors

In the Golden Age, Rulers were unknown. In the following age Rulers were loved and praised. Next came the age When rulers were feared. Finally… — Laozi
Secrecy is as indispensable to human beings as fire, and as greatly feared. — Sissela Bok
Besides alligators, the only animals to be feared are the poisonous serpents. These are certainly common enough in the forest, but no fatal accident happened… — Henry Walter Bates
To see a man fearless in dangers, untainted with lusts, happy in adversity, composed in a tumult, and laughing at all those things which are… — Seneca the Younger
It's amazing to me that one of the world's most feared diseases would be carried by one of the world's smallest animals: the real tiny… — Jack Handey
Now in the light of past and present events the bitter truth must be spoken. We feared too little and we hoped too much. We… — Chaim Weizmann
And be careful of this, that each day at your meals you have two overseers over your household when you sit at meals, and of… — Robert Grosseteste
In time, and as one comes to benefit from experience, one learns that things will turn out neither as well as one hoped nor as… — Jerome Bruner
It follows that acceleration in the rate of change will result in an increasing need for reorganization. Reorganization is usually feared, because it means disturbance… — Niccolo Machiavelli
It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist for example Vincent Van Gogh, as it is of the great scientist, that he frightens the… — Loren Eiseley
It is to be feared that those who emigrate to New South Wales, generally anticipate too great facility in their future operations and certainty of… — Charles Sturt
The scientific world is to be less threatening than was feared. It is to made safe for human beings. And the way to make it… — Simon Blackburn
I had feared that love would make me vulnerable. Instead I felt empowered. — Amy Plum
Where a reputation for intolerance is more feared than a reputation for vice itself, all manner of evil may be expected to flourish. — Theodore Dalrymple
Do I want to be feared or loved? That's a good question. I want both. I want people to be afraid of how much they… — Michael Scott
Hate is the complement of fear and narcissists like being feared. It imbues them with an intoxicating sensation of omnipotence. — Sam Vaknin
Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man gainst his own bosom. Congress… — Tench Coxe
If we want to be known in heaven and feared in hell we must be willing to lose our reputation here on earth. — Loren Cunningham
Pain can be endured and defeated only if it is embraced. Denied or feared, it grows. — Dean Koontz
Ridicule, the weapon of all others most feared by enthusiasts of every description, and which from its predominance over such minds, often checks what is… — Walter Scott

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