#afraid

I'm not afraid of criticism or what somebody may think. ↗

— Don Mattingly

#criticism #i #may #somebody #think

The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make people move against a sensitive issue like religion, which is the source of fundamentalism. ↗

— Taslima Nasrin

#against #difficult #fundamentalism #fundamentalists #increasing

I think about death every day - what it would be like, why it would happen to me. It would be humiliating to be afraid. ↗

— Ruth Rendell

#afraid #day #death #every #every day

The regime is afraid of the people because it knows that free and fair elections will bring about its end. ↗

— Viktor Yushchenko

#afraid #because #bring #elections #end

Last year I built a Courage Machine, but I thought it might be noisy and was too afraid to turn it on. So I coated it with glue, covered it with cat hair, mounted it on my wall, and started claiming it was an exotic animal I killed on a Safari in Africa. I'd like to believe people believe me, on account of it being so strange that it has to be true. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#africa #cat-hair #courage #exotic-animal #fear

It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and the burden of insecurity. ↗

— Criss Jami

#being-strong #burden #discernment #fear #guilt

I have always felt that fear possesses such great power, enough to paralyze and quake an individual. Pondering this, I realized that the source of fear's power comes from within me. So, I ask myself, does that not make me the powerful one? ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#anxiety #dread #fear #obstacles #power

Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in church. They're afraid God might recognize them and ask for autographs. ↗

— Fred Allen

#ask #autographs #church #even #god

Sometimes I ask myself, "Do I have the courage to do the right thing when it matters most?" And that answer, I'm afraid, is silence. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#courage #funny #humor #silence #courage

There is even a happiness - that makes the heart afraid. ↗

— Thomas Hood

#even #happiness #heart #makes