Afraid Quotes

Always do what you are afraid to do.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true.

America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.

Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.

I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens.

As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.

Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing.

We are not afraid of nuclear weapons. The point is that if we had in fact wanted to build a nuclear bomb, we are brave enough to say that we want it. But we never do that.

People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that's bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they're afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they're wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It's all in how you carry it. That's what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you're letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain.

He that is afraid of bad luck will never know good.

Most of the kids weren't afraid and knew all about proper oral hygiene. The staff also did a great job supporting the kids that were a little afraid.

We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.

He who is afraid of a thing gives it power over him.

In his life, as in his death, my father was determined to show the world things that some were afraid to see and others wished they could ignore.

I think he's popular in the coaching community because he is different, ... You've got a guy here who's not afraid to do what he wants and doesn't care what anybody thinks. I think sometimes they think he's crazy, but crazy like a fox.

I think we were afraid that we'd ruin the friendship.

was afraid of not living up to what people thought I was.

To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.