I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.
Jean Giraudoux

To philosophize is only another way of being afraid and leads hardly anywhere but to cowardly make-believe.
Louis-Ferdinand Celine

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

We are afraid of the enormity of the possible.
Emile M. Cioran

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

Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.
Franklin P. Jones

Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.
Orison Swett Marden

I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be.
Billy Connolly

Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.
Adolf Loos

I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them.
Alfred Hitchcock

The majority does not rule in America, but the minority shouldn't hijack it. And it's because we're afraid. They have isolated us and made us feel as though we're alone. We're not.
Glenn Beck

I hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare to take it out again. When you go to confession and entrust your sins to the safe-keeping of the priest, do you ever come back for them?
Jean Baudrillard

People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures.
Martha Beck

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

Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. It's where all the fruit is.
Shirley MacLaine

I like fearless characters, people just not afraid to do anything it takes to make people laugh.
Dane Cook

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

A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone.
Robert Kiyosaki

I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't find a way of avoiding it.
Brigitte Bardot

Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of.
Robert Benchley