Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them.

Don’t be afraid of the dark. Shine!

Faith, in its most correct form, never removes responsibility; it removes fear of responsibility. The results are complete opposites with the greater saying, ‘God’s will is my delight.

My nightmare fear is some congressman is going to seize on this and they’re going to pass some laws, … I can just see people overreacting and doing things that would invade people’s privacy or...

The most fragile, unhappy people destine themselves to live lives of constantly reminding themselves to be happy.

I know it’s painful growing,I bet the changes was painful too.But nothing is as painful as being somewhere you don’t belong. Obviously.

Letting go is the willingness to change your beliefs in order to bring more peace and joy into your life instead of holding onto beliefs that bring pain and suffering…

The fear that permeated every fiber of my being was relentless, it was cruel, and it was my best hope for getting through this.

self-pitying” for long years now and things don’t seem to improve. Just try a few days of good self-esteeming” and you’ll see things taking a better shape!

…having a lot of money does not immunize people from suffering or fear.

It’s not: I jumped in, and it was cold. No. It was cold, and I jumped in. Always arrange a sentence so you appear to be fearless, when in fact you are far less than...

Write what you want to write; don’t fear about who will read it.

It’s too risky to take no risks at all

When we start being too impressed by the results of our work, we slowly come to the erroneous conviction that life is one large scoreboard where someone is listing the points to measure our worth....

Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

I used to be afraid of the dark until I learned that I am light and the dark is afraid of me.

Nobody wants to leave what they know to go either to the unknown, or to grandmother’s house.

The thing, whatever it was – and no one was ever sure afterwards whether it was a dream or a fit or what – happened at that peculiar hour before dawn when human vitality is...

Fear is nothing but an enemy of progress. By all means don’t permit it to win.

Even brave men blind themselves sometimes, when they are afraid to see.

The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.

What gives value to travel is fear. It breaks down a kind of inner structure we all have.

Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.

If she lives, she shall be my wedded wife. If she dies–mother, I can’t speak of what I shall feel if she dies.” His voice was choked in his throat.

I amasking myself what is fear not what I am afraid of.I lead a certain kind of life; I think in a certain pattern; I havecertain beliefs and dogmas and I don’t want those patterns...

He has a very strong fear of additional and increased persecution should he be sent back to Cuba, and we’re taking that concern very seriously, and we’ll act on that basis.

There’s no sense forcing yourself if you don’t feel like it. Tell you the truth, I’ve had sex with lots of guys, but I think I did it mostly out of fear. I was scared...

He who has no faith in himself can never have faith in God.

At other times, at the edge of a wood, especially at dusk, the trees themselves would assume strange shapes: sometimes they were arms rising heavenwards, , or else the trunk would twist and turn like...

Fife… simply walked off by himself, into the jungle to look at all the things which would continue to exist after he had ceased to. There were a lot of them. Fife looked at them...

The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.

Imagine not being frightened by any feeling. Imagine knowing that nothing will destroy you. That you are beyond any feeling, an state. Bigger than. Vaster than. That there is no reason to use drugs because...

I often challenge the people, who can make my life hell, and I do it to break the chain of command and fear, I get their attention so badly, and I work very hard to...

Fear has a lot of flavors and textures. There’s a sharp, silver fear that runs like lightning through your arms and legs, galvanizes you into action, power, motion. There’s heavy, leaden fear that comes in...

If you’re scared to be alone, you are alone.

Fear isn’t a roadblock in my way. Some how I get pass it.

At first, when a child meets something that scares him, the fear grows, like a wave. But when he goes into the water and swims – gets used to the water – the wave grows...

Hate destroys, love builds: be a creator. Fear closes, love opens: be an advocate for life. Guilt stagnates, love permits: be a peaceful warrior. Anger takes away, love gives: be a foundation for life. A...

Even in his sleep he couldn’t escape.

Why is it deemed justifiable and appropriate for cops/policeofficers to kill other cops (friendly–fire) and citizens?Why do cops kill?Are they not taught to maim or slow down someone runningor reaching for a weapon?If not, why...

The accountant lingers at his children’s doorway a moment more, listening to the easy rhythm of their breathing, and something cold moves through him, like the passage of a ghost – but he know that’s...

Spelling bees? Spelling bees do not scare me. I competed in the National Spelling Bee twice, thank you very much. My dad competed in the National Spelling Bee. My aunt competed in the National Spelling...

People are supposed to fear the unknown, but ignorance is bliss when knowledge is so damn frightening.

Michael: There’s nothing here to fear.Lucifer: Well, there’s always the truth.

There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement,...

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one...

I’ll tell you now. That silence almost beat me. It’s the silence that scares me. It’s the blank page on which I can write my own fears. The spirits of the dead have nothing on...

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

The smoke shifted direction and I breathed in. Breathed out. On the inhale I was angry. On the exhale…there it was again. Fear. The fear made me angry and the anger made me afraid and...

When you hold onto a script that doesn’t serve you, you leave no space to write a new one that does.