Afraid Quotes

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

True, Friends, Making

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.
Viktor E. Frankl

Fear, True, May

Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
Colin Powell

Challenge, Backyard, Pros

We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might.
Mignon McLaughlin

Love, Show, Might

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
Audre Lorde

Strength, Powerful, Important

An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.
Langston Hughes

Free, Artist, Might

Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live.
Henry Van Dyke

Live, Die, Begin

Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Men, Once, Unknown

Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature.
Blaise Pascal

Nature, Why, Second

I have always been afraid of banks.
Andrew Jackson

You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.
Jean-Paul Sartre

Son, Honest, Citizen

I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so.
Stephen Hawking

Health, Care, Universal

Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.
Earl Nightingale

Enough, Understood, Whenever

Any 'artist' makes a living by expressing what others can't - because they're unaware of their feelings, they're too afraid to express those feelings, or they lack the skills to communicate and be understood.
Chuck Palahniuk

Feelings, Living, Others

I like low-maintenance girls, but at the same time, classy. She needs to take care of herself. But also be a girl who isn't afraid to get sweaty and play basketball, so it's cool if she's a tomboy.
Chris Brown

Time, Cool, Girl

I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I think we're all afraid to reveal our hearts. It's not at all in fashion.
Paul Simon

Heart, Real, Fashion

Everyone is your best friend when you are successful. Make sure that the people that you surround yourself with are also the people that you are not afraid of failing with.
Paula Abdul

Best, Successful, Yourself

I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
Jane Austen

Employment, Propriety

You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.
LeBron James

Time, Succeed, Fail

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.
Dan Rather

Courage, Anyhow

When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid.
Audre Lorde

Strength, Service, Makes

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.
Samuel Johnson

Person, Speak, Ill

And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.
Elton John

Love, Age, Trust

We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.
Marcel Proust

Truth, Far, Lies

Too many women throw themselves into romance because they're afraid of being single, then start making compromises and losing their identity. I won't do that.
Julie Delpy

Women, Single, Start

Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live.
Charles Caleb Colton

Live, Die, Sometimes

People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort and that they'd much rather do other kinds of things. But most people are afraid of rejection.
Albert Ellis

Time, Rejection, Rather

My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
Eartha Kitt

Life, Opinions, Recipe

I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens.
Spike Milligan

Ignorance is always afraid of change.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Change, Ignorance

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