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Quotes About Fear

To tell the truth, when I first came to the city, I was afraid to board a streetcar because of the conductor; I was afraid to enter the Kabuki Theatre for fear of the usherettes standing along the sides of the red-carpeted staircase at the main entrance; I was afraid to go into a restaurant because I was intimidated by the waiters furtively hovering behind me waiting for my plate to be emptied.
~ Osamu Dazai
Eu temia inclusive a Deus. Não podia crer em amor divino, apenas em punição divina. Fé. Isso, para mim, era como encarar cabisbaixo o tribunal dos céus, somente para poder receber uma chicotada de Deus. Ainda que acreditasse no inferno, por mais que tentasse, não podia acreditar na existência do céu.
~ Osamu Dazai
Zay?f insanlar mutluluktan bile korkar. ?plikle bile yaralan?rlar. Bazen mu?tluluk da insanlar? yaralayabilir.
~ Osamu Dazai
Forget about all the women in the world. I can't even deal with one girl next door and I'm in such pain I feel like I'm going to die. And never mind my superior capabilities—I don't know the first thing about governing a kingdom. And as for people gazing at me in wonderment, well, all they do is deceive me. All that happens is they swindle me. I'm endlessly afraid of people. I am continually awed by them.
~ Osamu Dazai
But the true shape of love lies where one closes one's eyes to the embarrassment of it, and as if jumping into surging waves, screams the words of love. In truth, one can only stay silent if one's love is weak. It's egotistical. They're calculating something. They are quivering in fear about the responsibility that will come later.
~ Osamu Dazai
If you're too timid to be able to say it, then it means that you are too concerned about yourself. You're afraid to leap into the waves. If you really love someone, then the words of devotion will unconsciously slip out.
~ Osamu Dazai
Harada seemed quite menacing. But men of his type are sometimes so intimidated by their own grandeur that they turn into cowards.
~ Osamu Dazai
Los cobardes temen hasta la felicidad. Pueden herirse incluso con el algodón. A veces, hasta la felicidad les hiere.
~ Osamu Dazai
I can cheat fear today - but won't it return tomorrow? Rather, I must embrace this fear... and find peace in its bosom.
~ Osamu Tezuka
As usual, the deed was less daunting than the thought of it.
~ Osamu Tezuka
Fear is an excellent motivator, and voting is no exception.
~ Unknown
Starting a business is one of the most exhilarating, and frightening, things you can do in a lifetime.
~ Unknown
The risks are important to keep in mind, but they shouldn't necessarily stop you from pushing ahead with your idea.
~ Unknown
There's more to life than just the thrill, For every joy, there's a sorrow still, And every dream, a fear to face, And every victory, a new race.
~ Unknown
He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.
~ Oscar Wilde
Conscience and cowardice are really the same thing. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm.
~ Oscar Wilde
A man who is afraid of death will be afraid of life also, because life brings death. If you are afraid of the enemy and you close your door, the friend will also be prohibited.
~ Unknown
The remarkable thing about fearing God is that when you fear God you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God you fear everything else.
~ Oswald Chambers
Never be afraid when God brings back your past. Let your memory have its way with you. It is a minister of God bringing its rebuke and sorrow to you.
~ Oswald Chambers
Why are we so terrified for God to speak to us? It is because we know that when God speaks we must either do what He asks or tell Him we will not obey.
~ Oswald Chambers
Huge waves that would frighten an ordinary swimmer produce a tremendous thrill for the surfer who has ridden them.
~ Oswald Chambers
confidence in Him.     It is because of our trusting in experience that we see the steadfast impatience of the Holy Spirit against unbelief. All of our fears are sinful, and we create our own fears by refusing to nourish ourselves in our faith. How can anyone who is identified with Jesus Christ suffer from doubt or fear! Our lives should be an absolute hymn of praise resulting from perfect, irrepressible
~ Oswald Chambers
Never be afraid when God brings back the past. Let memory have its way. It is a minister of God with its rebuke and chastisement and sorrow. God will turn the "might have been" into a wonderful culture for the future.
~ Oswald Chambers
The faith of many people begins to falter when apprehensions enter their thinking, and they forget the meaning of God's assurance—they forget to take a deep spiritual breath. The only way to remove the fear from our lives is to listen to God's assurance to us.
~ Oswald Chambers