Afraid Quotes

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

Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick.

I reached the stage where I was afraid to wiggle my leg, but then I thought 'why shouldn't I?' It's what I do and now I know how to turn an audience on again.

If you have the feeling that something is wrong, don't be afraid to speak up.

I knew I wasn't a baseball writer. I was scared to death. I really was afraid to talk to players, and I didn't want to go into the press box because I thought I was faking it.

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

When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger.

I mean, The New York Times actually had an interesting case recently where they described a detainee who was afraid of the dark, and so he was purposely kept very much in the dark.

I have never been afraid to stand up to the leadership on issues where we disagree. If you chose to keep Cambridge Labour, then I can continue to press the Government for the things that matter to you, in a way that members of the opposition are unable to.

Do not be afraid to offer ideas that draw opposition. Remember, if no one is against your idea, then your idea probably doesn't do anything.

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

You can't be afraid to make errors! You can't be afraid to be naked before the crowd, because no one can ever master the game of baseball, or conquer it. You can only challenge it.

I played a lot of tough clubs in my time. Once a guy in one of those clubs wanted to bet me $10 that I was dead. I was afraid to bet.

Part of me is afraid to get close to people because I'm afraid that they're going to leave.

No, I was never afraid.

Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.

Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid of anything that sounds like discrimination.

I was terribly shy when I was growing up, I really wasn't confident with other people and I think I was always afraid of up or not being this very cool, amazing person that I wanted to be.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.

Come to find out, the Russians were never afraid of the Americans. They weren't raised with the terror that we were by our government. I was struck by how our government misled us for so many years.

If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.

It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance.

Julie Dryfus and I were both afraid of heights and in one scene, I had to be quite high up and I was rather terrified, but Julie was very kind, encouraging me and we got through that together.

People are usually afraid to say what's on their mind.

People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties... they live like ants.

Sometimes, because of my success, I am afraid that I was not a good father. With the first two I was too strong, and with the other three I was too weak.

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

I just want to show off my scar proudly and not be afraid of it.

I consider the 70s to be the youth of old age. So all you women out there who are afraid of getting older, just keep your orgasms in place, eat a lot of vegetables, take exercise, and you'll be fine.

I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you're afraid to the point where you censor yourself.