Fearful Quotes

The mind is fast emancipating itself from the dominion of man and of matter. It has let loose fearful forces on the world.

Even in my age now, I'm the same as before and just as fearful I only learn how to pretend to be strong

There wasn't a time where I felt fearful that I couldn't make the best decisions possible.

Fearful as reality is, it is less fearful than evasions of reality. Look steadfastly into the slit, pinpointed malignant eyes of reality as an old-hand trainer dominates his wild beasts.

Industries are fearful of legislation. But if you start in the marketplace and forge a solution, you get a lot less resistance - and often a more flexible approach.

Dictators are actually very fearful themselves. Even when they're asleep, they're afraid that others will take their powers away.

I was not a very fearful kid, really.

I'm not personally fearful, but I look out, and there are a number of things that concern me, and I'm hopeful that we can overcome them.

We live in a world where people are fearful of extremism, but Martin Luther King would say he was always trying to keep the flow of love in place. In that sense, he turned the world on its head.

Life can be a fearful thing. Everyone needs someone drawing alongside, saying “You can do it. Don’t quit.” Everyone needs someone who believes in them. Everyone needs encouragement.

I hate the fearful trimming of possibilities that age brings.

I am fearful when I see people substituting fear for reason.

To the excessively fearful the chief characteristic of power is its arbitrariness. Man had to gain enormously in confidence before he could conceive an all-powerful God who obeys his own laws.

Those who feel guilty are afraid; and those who are afraid somehow feel guilty. To the onlooker, too, the fearful seem guilty.

Numbers are a fearful thing.

She [Evelina] is not, indeed, like most modern young ladies; to be known in half an hour; her modest worth, and fearful excellence, require both time and encouragement to show themselves.

If we start with "limits" and a premise of scarcity and fear, it makes us fearful of each other, and that makes us vulnerable to anti-democratic systems.

I've worked very hard to transform my fearful delusions into loving beliefs, and I am committed to maintaining this way of being.

If the devil tells you something is too fearful to look at, look at it. If he says something is too terrible to hear, hear it. If you think some truth unbearable, bear it.

Listening to your own mind gives you "good reasons" why you should be fearful over unexpected events is just like being friends with someone who thinks it's funny to find new ways to hurt you!

For the most part, the best man's spirit makes a fearful sprite to haunt his grave.

Certainly I think the state is more than willing to not only attempt to change the consciousness of people, but to employ violence in ways that make people quite fearful.

I would never be fearful of any character.

There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.

I'm not fearful by nature, but I am vigilant. When you walk into a prison, it's important that a sixth sense kicks in.

Fearful and unprepared, we have assumed lordship over the life or death of the whole world, of all living things.

I'm not interested in being fearful. I'm not a good flyer, but that doesn't stop me.

That is the fearful part of having been near death. One knows how easy it is to die. The barriers that are up for everybody else are down for you, and you've only to slip through.

There's no need to be fearful when another person succeeds. In fact, joining forces and supporting fellow teachers (or co-workers) you believe in is one of the most empowering moves you can make.

One of my great mistakes coming up, since I was a kid from wrong side of the tracks, and fearful that I might be seen as wanting leadership-wise, was to be someone I was not.

It was all completely incomprehensible to me. I was fearful of the language. You had to look up every third word.

Senator Obama's message of hope is not just for America's future, it is also a message of hope for the world as well. A world which is now in many respects fearful for its future.

I don't work with fear, and I don't work with actors that are fearful.

Artists themselves are neurotic and fearful people, and you can look at their work and figure out what they're scared of.

Her face was brilliant and glowing; but this glow was not one of brightness; it suggested the fearful glow of a conflagration in the midst of a dark night.

Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave, Then some leap'd overboard with fearful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave.

Your job is to allow the Holy Spirit to remove the fearful thinking that surrounds your perfect self.

Don't fight fearful thoughts. Just match each one with an alternative thought that brings you more peace.

How often have not the demons called 'Nix,' drawn women and girls into the water, and there had commerce with them, with fearful consequences.

Without fear, you can walk much better in fearful places!

I know these days it sounds a little odd, but American governments are very fearful of European reaction. They were afraid we would be considered gunslingers.

Character is what someone does, much more than who they are. I can be sarcastic or I can be fearful, but it doesn't really matter until there's a story - until someone comes in and holds us hostage.

Let's roll for justice, let's roll for truth. Let's not let our children grow up fearful in their youth.

I'm always fearful of something happening to people I love. That doesn't go away.

I'm certainly not fearful.

I'm 61 years old. I'm not that fearful of the future, period. I'm not going to see that much of it.

There's a fearful term that's in fashion at the moment - closure. People apparently believe it is desirable and attainable.

My gut sense is there's something necessary going on and if I'm too fearful or angry, I feel like I'm feeding it.

Language does not stand still. Surprisingly, despite this knowledge, most speakers are fearful of change.

The people of America, are not fearful of foreigners, because most of us were once foreigners.