Afraid Quotes

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.
Nelson Mandela

Courage, Fear, Brave

A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths.
Steven Wright

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

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
John F. Kennedy

Truth, Judge, Nation

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.
Plato

Life, Men, Real

We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Fear, Care, Person

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.
Anne Frank

Nature, God, Best

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

If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got.
Kurt Cobain

Peace, Best, Hope

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.
Muhammad Ali

Faith, Makes, Meeting

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.
Lao Tzu

Change, Nothing, Try

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
Douglas MacArthur

Strong, Humble, Enough

Always do what you are afraid to do.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
George S. Patton

Men, Best, Fear

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
Alexander the Great

Lion, Army, Sheep

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
John F. Kennedy

Truth, Judge, American

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
John D. Rockefeller

Good, Great, Give

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
Corrie Ten Boom

Trust, God, Future

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.
H. Stanley Judd

Failure, Trying, Challenge

Don't be afraid to see what you see.
Ronald Reagan

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
Oscar Wilde

Others, Away, Might

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
James Madison

Trust, Advantage, Whose

I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.
Martin Luther

Heart, Hell, Youth

I've never been afraid to fail.
Michael Jordan

Quote

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
Louisa May Alcott

Learning, Storms, Ship

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

Person, Young, Once

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
Voltaire

God, Laugh, Playing

France, and the whole of Europe have a great culture and an amazing history. Most important thing though is that people there know how to live! In America they've forgotten all about it. I'm afraid that the American culture is a disaster.
Johnny Depp

Great, History, Amazing

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
Oprah Winfrey

Failure, Another, Greatness

A man is more frank and sincere with his emotions than a woman. We girls, I'm afraid, have a tendency to hide our feelings.
Marilyn Monroe

Woman, Feelings, Emotions

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