He rolled the other way and watched the digital display of his alarm ticking seconds off he’d never get back. This is the life we’re given. One life. One opportunity to be happy, to make...

I was afraid of anyone in a costume. A trip to see Santa might as well have been a trip to sit on Hitler’s lap for all the trauma it would cause me. Once, when...

Many of our fears are tissue-paper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them.

Much of what we call evil can often be converted into a bracing and tonic good by a simple change of the sufferer’s inner attitude from one of fear to one of fight

And now the winds are very strong and the people fear their temporary shelters will just fly away.

It was amazing the things you could bring yourself to do when you felt insecure, when you were out to protect your heart. You could deny it what it wants most, just for the sake...

All terrible things are more terrible if they give us no chance of retrieving a blunder—either no chance at all, or only one that depends on our enemies and not ourselves. Those things are also...

fear can only be created by an enclosed mind happiness and laughter are all measures of are success when the reality are goals are all the same death so the reality of success can be...

Scarcely has night arrived to undeceive, unfurling her wings of crepe (wings drained even of the glimmer just now dying in the tree-tops); scarcely has the last glint still dancing on the burnished metal heights...

As a travel writer I’ve specialized in gritty, fearful destinations, the kind of places that make a reader’s hair stick on end.

In the dark, neglected gutter running the length of a nearby secluded side street lies a small, lifeless bird. This is the blackcap – the unaccustomed northern nightingale – a creature with a charcoal greyness...

Day and night – ruthlessly apply key lessons of mankind such as leaving greed, fear and lust to improve the efficiency & effectiveness of life.

A healthy attitude is contagious; let others catch it.

I realized that the worst thing that could happen to me was about to happen to me.

I can bow to fear and flee the pursuit of great things. I can bow to God and engage in the pursuit of making things great.

Never fear the thing you feel– Only by love is life made real

But with what wonder has the season come?Its treasure lies in earthen ships,that carry dreams across the foam.And how your memory of Sarah rapesthe fleshly heart that once bore scenes,now veiled in smoky stains of...

Best safety lies in fear.

Ray Romano gets the films’ emotional moments, John the funny ones, but Diego makes it all happen. Diego is still a leader smart and strong, but he thinks he may be getting soft’ because of...

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

Fear grows in darkness; if you think there’s a bogeyman around, turn on the light.

The chains that keep you bound to the past are not the actions of another person. They are your own anger, stubbornness, lack of compassion, jealousy and blaming others for your choices. It is not...

Ritual Abuse usually involves repeated abuse over an extended period of time. The physical abuse is severe, sometimes including torture and killing. The sexual abuse is usually painful,humiliating, intended as a means of gaining dominance...

His body tensed as his gut was struck with a frozen bullet of shock. He couldn’t breathe.

There’s magic in recognizing a kindred spirit, and an even greater power in letting yourself love them. When it scares you, let it – that’s your ego letting go.

Family and friends become oppressors the moment they teach you that loyalty is more important than what is done to people outside your social circle. What they are really saying is this: Save yourself because...

People who live life in fear of taking risks die without living it.

They don’t have classes on bravery in middle school. If they did I’d have signed up. It would have been helpful to learn how to stare down what I feared most and not blink.

I’m starting to think that my level of intrigue outweighs my fear of controversy.

People who avoid their fears also avoid their power.

Private Latimer had become a monster, and he must have guessed this was so. Did a girl love him before? Could she continue to?

Our house is on fire. I am here to say, our house is on fire. […] Adults keep saying: “We owe it to the young people to give them hope.” But I don’t want your...

The worst part of writing fiction is the fear of wasting your life behind a keyboard. The idea that, dying, you’ll realize you only lived on paper. Your only adventures were make-believe, and while the...

Cowardice is when you hide away from your real self, and wear another self in pretense. Be yourself; that is bravery. If yourself is not better for you to be, change yourself and live in...

Outside the rain began to pour in sheets, and the wind howled . Giant pieces of hail began to pelt the building— banging off the skylights so hard that Simpson worried the glass might shatter....

Sheer, unadulterated fear?

Fear is a perception to dare but not to scare.

There’s fear and violence under the surface. One always follows the other.

We are at our most powerful the moment we no longer need to be powerful.

I await your sentence with less fear than you pass it. The time will come when all will see what I see.

The Cause that caused a Fear need not appear again. There for not fear about Fear.

Being strong is not the same as being a strong being. I should know because cowardice runs in my family, as I always run from my fears.

The car drives through, stops while the man closes and fastens the prickly gate behind it. The bell shuts off; the stillness is deafening by contrast. The car goes on until the outline of a...

Positive results are always inevitable when you refuse to live a life of fears, doubts, excuses, blames and procrastinations.

Ricky just listens. He isn’t shocked. He isn’t surprised. He listens to me because he knows. He knows the shame and the guilt and the sorrow and the rage. And he does not judge me....

I am an Agnostic because I am not afraid to think. I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there...

I tell myself I have time. But the itch forming along the back of my neck and across my shoulders says otherwise.I hate this. It’s like I’m racing a clock ticking down to doomsday without...

Being Scared-off by EvilLastly, we deny the presence of evil because we are terrified by the horrendously hurtful, cruel, and bloody kinds of evil people tell us about—if we are willing to listen. This was...

At the heart of all anger, all grudges, and all resentment, you’ll always find a fear that hopes to stay anonymous.

You have more brain cells than there are grains of sand on your favorite beach, and you have cleverness, dexterity, and creativity—all of which powerfully combine when you are at risk—if you listen to your...