Quotes with afraid

  • A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
  • The greatest comedian I've ever seen is Jack Benny. He wasn't afraid of the silences.
  • Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.
  • When your afraid,reallyafraid, you see things you never saw before, you pay attention to the world.
  • 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.
  • Men walk this tightrope where any sign of weakness illicits shame, and so they're afraid to make themselves vulnerable for fear of looking weak.
  • It is we the workers who built these palaces and cities here in Spain and in America and everywhere. We, the workers, can build others to take their place. And better ones! We are not in the least afraid of ruins.
  • We use work to numb out. We can't turn off our machines because we're afraid we're going to miss something.
  • 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.
  • Man is the only animal of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid... There is no harm in a well-fed lion. It has no ideals, no sect, no party.
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  • Les Brown A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.
    Les Brown
    American motivational speaker, author and radio DJ (1945 - )
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  • Bette Davis Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. He needs guidance. If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.
    Bette Davis
    American Actress, Producer (1908 - 1989)
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  • Lyndon B. Johnson I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    American president (1908 - 1973)
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  • A. A. Milne Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.
    A. A. Milne
    English author, writer of the Winnie-the-Pooh books (1882 - 1956)
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  • Guillaume Apollinaire ''Come to the edge,'' He said. They said, ''We are afraid.'' ''Come to the edge,'' He said. They cam. He pushed them... and they flew.
    Guillaume Apollinaire
    Italian-born French poet, critic (1880 - 1918)
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  • John Abbott ''How do you know so much about everything?'' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was ''By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.
    John Abbott
    Canadian lawyer and politician (1821 - 1893)
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  • Madonna A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.
    Sex book
    Madonna
    American musician, singer and actress (1958 - )
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  • Shawn McCabe A snake is afraid of a mongoes, a mongoes is afraid of a dog, a dog is
    afraid of man, but why is man not afraid of God?
    Shawn McCabe
     
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  • Sigmund Freud America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.
    Sigmund Freud
    Austrian psychiatrist (1856 - 1939)
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  • Bill Gates At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.
    Interview published in BBC (website): news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/club/your_reports/newsid_1697000/1697132.stm
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • Sir John Lubbock Don't be afraid of showing affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy than by service. Love is more than money, and a kind word will give more pleasure than a present.
    Sir John Lubbock
    British statesman and banker (1834 - 1913)
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  • Jane Austen I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Stephen Hawking I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.
    Stephen Hawking
    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director (1942 - 2018)
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  • Thomas Szasz Men are afraid to rock the boat in which they hope to drift safely through life's currents, when, actually, the boat is stuck on a sandbar. They would be better off to rock the boat and try to shake it loose, or, better still, jump in the water and swim for the shore.
    Thomas Szasz
    American psychiatrist (1920 - 2012)
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  • Denis Waitley Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy.
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    American motivational speaker, writer and consultant (1933 - )
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  • William James We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the money-making street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Robin George Collingwood What a man is ashamed of is always at bottom himself; and he is ashamed of himself at bottom always for being afraid.
    Robin George Collingwood
    English philosopher, historian and archaeologist (1889 - 1943)
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  • Billie Jean King A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
    Billie Jean King
    American tennis player (1943 - )
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  • Carlos Gershenson A one-night-stander is someone who does not dare to explore the full potential of a relationship, just like a child who is afraid to go to the deep part of the pool. The latter does not want to learn how to swim, the former does not want to learn how to live.
    Zire Notes May 2004 December 2006
    Carlos Gershenson
    Mexican author and academic (1978 - )
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  • Bernie S. Siegel A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying - but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.
    Bernie S. Siegel
    American writer and pediatric surgeon (1932 - )
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