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Fearful Quotes (page 116)

Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the..."
To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man. Robert Louis Stevenson
It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them... So throw away your baggage and go forward. There are quicksands all about you, sucking at your feet, trying to suck you down into fear and self-pity and despair. That’s why you must walk so lightly. Lightly my darling... Aldous Huxley
Do not mistake me. I am not yet weak enough to yield to fearful imaginings, which are almost as absurd as illusions of hope, and are certainly harder to bear. If I must deceive myself, I should prefer to stay on the side of confidence, for I shall lose no more there and shall suffer less. Marguerite Yourcenar
There was no singles problem until singles got so single-minded that they stopped wasting time with anyone ineligible. Before that, it was understood that one of society's main tasks was matchmaking. People with lifelong friendships and ties to local nonprofessional organizations did not have to fear that isolation would accompany retirement, old age, or losing a spouse. Overburdened householders could count on the assistance not only of their own extended families, but of the American... Judith Martin
George R. R. Martin quote: "Laughter is poison to fear."
Laughter is poison to fear. George R. R. Martin
H. P. Lovecraft quote: "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear."
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear. H. P. Lovecraft
Julian Barnes quote: "Women scheme when they are weak, they lie out of fear. Men..."
Women scheme when they are weak, they lie out of fear. Men scheme when they are strong, they lie out of arrogance. Julian Barnes
Is Bliss then, such Abyss, I must not put my foot amiss. For fear I spoil my shoe? I'd rather suit my foot. Than save my Boot --For yet to buy another Pairis possible, At any store -- But Bliss, is sold just once. The Patent lost. None buy it any more -- Emily Dickinson
John Piper quote: "If death is no longer a fear, we're really free. Free to take..."
If death is no longer a fear, we're really free. Free to take any risk under the sun for Christ and for love. John Piper
However hard he tried, he could never manage to make himself visible to human eyes and not because he can't, since for him nothing is impossible, it's simply that he wouldn't know what face to wear when introducing himself to the beings he supposedly created and who probably wouldn't recognize him anyway. There are those who say we're very fortunate that god chooses not to appear before us, because compared with the shock we would get were such a thing to happen, our fear of death would be... Jose Saramago
Just as when we come into the world, when we die we are afraid of the unknown. But the fear is something from within us that has nothing to do with reality. Dying is like being born: just a change. Isabel Allende
Only love of a good woman will make a man question every choice, every action. Only love makes a warrior hesitate for fear that his lady will find him cruel. Only love makes a man both the best he will ever be, and the weakest. Sometimes all in the same moment. -Wicked Laurell K. Hamilton
I know that's what people say-- you'll get over it. I'd say it, too. But I know it's not true. Oh, youll be happy again, never fear. But you won't forget. Every time you fall in love it will be because something in the man reminds you of him. Betty Smith
I imagine Johnny Mathis hates Bin Laden as much as I do, but could Johnny agree Bin Laden had a better speechwriter than Bush? "Axis of Evil"? Come on. "A swimmer in the ocean does not fear the rain" is much more powerful propaganda. Poetic, even. John Waters
Come again?' She asked. Yes tomorrow, under the sodium street lights, under the tick of the clock. Under my obligations, my history, my fears, this now. This fizzy, giddy all consuming now. I will not let time lie to me. I will not listen to dead voices or unborn pain. "What if?" Has no power against 'what if not?' The not of you is unbearable. I must have you.... Jeanette Winterson

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