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Our present culture, however, specializes in inflaming endless lust for possessions with advertisements that constantly convince us that we need more (particularly to create the… — Marva Dawn
When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears? — Juvenal
We are largely the playthings of our fears. To one, fear of the dark; to another, of physical pain; to a third, of public ridicule;… — Horace Walpole
Real achievement -- the true measure of how far we have advanced in life -- is not determined by what we have acquired, but rather… — Guy Finley
The fear of seeing ourselves as we are ensures we will never see the end of our fears. — Guy Finley
We must do the work to prove our fears groundless, otherwise it is our fears that will gain ground and our lives will be spent… — Guy Finley
Our fears are an amazing gift of the imagination ... a way of glimpsing what might be the future when there's still time to influence… — Karen Thompson Walker
Just like all great stories, our fears focus our attention on a question that is as important in life as it is in literature: What… — Karen Thompson Walker
The truly enlightened are not necessarily very religious. Religon is a convienent description to take care of our fears, to passify us. — Frederick Lenz
I think that we, as human beings, always need to conquer our fears and reach beyond our grasp and I think it's very important that… — Jonathan Nolan
Winners know what makes people tick by effectively tapping into our fears and aspirations. By listening very carefully and then repeating almost word-for-word exactly what… — Frank Luntz
Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them. — Marilyn French
Fear can be good when you're walking past an alley at night or when you need to check the locks on your doors before you… — Queen Latifah
Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a… — Audre Lorde
Our inclination is to show our Lord only what we feel comfortable with. But the more we dare to reveal our whole trembling self to… — Henri Nouwen
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
You cannot give up on the American dream. We cannot allow our fears and our disappointments to lead us into silence and into inaction. — Marco Rubio
First our pleasures die - and then our hopes, and then our fears - and when these are dead, the debt is due dust claims… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Relations between black and white would be greatly improved if we were more accepting of our fears and our feelings and more vocal about it. — Sarah Silverman
The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears. — Stendhal
The earliest sensation at the onset of illness, often preceding the recognition of identifiable symptoms, is apprehension. Something has gone wrong, and a glimpse of… — Lewis Thomas
She had just realized there were two things that prevent us from achieving our dreams: believing them to be impossible or seeing those dreams made… — Paulo Coelho
With the inevitability of a tongue returning to probe a painful tooth, we come back and back and back again to our fears, sitting to… — Clive Barker
Heavenly witnesses are a tricky lot, to be used by whoever is closest to Heaven at the time. And legend and theology, which are designed… — James A. Baldwin
Whatever our calling, regardless of our fears or anxieties, let us pray and then go and do. — Thomas S. Monson

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