We wish peace, but we wish the peace of justice, the peace of righteousness. We wish it because we think it is right and not because we are afraid.
I'm afraid I'm just too intense to have soft ideas, you know, about what to read when you're trying to pass the time.
There are three categories of people in America: those who are afraid, those who don't know enough to be afraid, and those who know their Bibles.
Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.
There's a lot of despair in the USA. Young people are afraid for the future.
Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong.
We are afraid of failure, of ridicule, of being rejected. We are afraid we’re not good enough.
I don't really understand the natural world, I admire it and am a little bit afraid of its power.
I don't want to be considered a hero. . . . Imagine [if] young people would grow up with the feeling that you have to be a hero to do your human duty. I am afraid nobody would ever help other people, because who is a hero? I was not. I was just an ordinary housewife and secretary.
Love is never afraid of fear. Fear is always afraid of love
If it turns out that my best wasn't good enough, at least I won't look back and say that I was afraid to try; failure makes me work even harder.
God is the light shining in the midst of darkness, not to deny that there is darkness in the world but to reassure us that we do not have to be afraid of the darkness because darkness will always yield to light. As theologian David Griffin puts in, God is all-powerful, His power enables people to deal with events beyond their control and He gives us the strength to do those things because He is with us.
Every night when I go out on stage, there's always one nagging fear in the back of my mind. I'm always afraid that somewhere out there, there is one person in the audience that I'm not going to offend!
Don't be afraid of loneliness, because everything is a door; even loneliness is a door, it opens to somewhere!
I play guitar quite a bit, because I'm always in search of something. I don't play to jam, but because I'm fishing. I'm looking for something, that I hope you can never find. If I do find it, I'm afraid I won't have a need to do this any more.
I've always been attracted to things that are taboo. I've never been afraid to go to that dark place.
For the first time, I wasn't afraid to be smart, and she often stayed after school to work with me.
In passing I draw attention to another English expression which often occurs in Dutch texts: "the real world". In Dutch - and I am afraid not in Dutch alone - its usage is almost always a symptom of a violent anti-intellectualism.
Lately I was near the beehives and some of the bees flew onto my face. I wanted to raise my hand, and brush them off. 'No,' said a peasant to me, 'do not be afraid, and do not touch them. They will not sting you at all, if you touch them they will bite you. ' I trusted him; not one bit me. Trust me; do not fear these temptations. Do not touch them; they will not hurt you.
I'm even afraid to lay down with you at night, because when you go to bed at night, mean woman, you got an ice pick in your hand.