afraid

Because of fear, most people don__ dream big. Because of fear, even those who dream big do not start working on them. Because of fear, those who start working on their dreams end up quitting too early.

I dream dark dreams. I dream of a figure moving through the forest, of children flying from his path, of young women crying at his coming. I dream of snow and ice, of bare branches and moon-cast shadows. I dream of dancers floating in the air, stepping lightly even in death, and my own pain is but a faint echo of their suffering as I run. My blood is black on the snow, and the edges of the world are silvered with moonlight. I run into the darkness, and he is waiting. I dream in black and white, and I dream of him. I dream of Caleb, who does not exist, and I am afraid.

An entrepreneur is a man who knows he can fail, but he does not accept to fail before he actually fails, and when he fails he learns from his errors and moves on.

We cannot achieve or goal when we are afraid, not confident, passive and indecisive

You will have a lot of difficulties in achieving goals if you are indecisive and if you are afraid of incorrect actions

But that's the thing about being the girl who's spent years convincing the world she's not afraid of anything: At some point, someone is going to find out you're afraid of everything.

Do not be afraid of what should be afraid of you

I cannot be afraid of being afraid. Rather, I need to realize that it is my fear that gives me the energy to wrestle that which I fear into the dirt that is soon to become the road underneath my feet.

And it was knowing that I could still be ... still be afraid of everyhting, but not letting fear stop me from living

I think that it is infinitely wiser to accept the fact that we__e afraid, for in accepting our fear we are in no way granting it the power to crush us. Rather we are finally empowering ourselves sufficiently so that we can crush it.

Her fear was infectious, and though I was too young to truly know terror, I felt it in my heart and trembled.

[Patricia Highsmith] was overwhelmed by sensory stimulation - there were too many people and too much noise and she just could not handle the supermarket. She continually jumped, afraid that someone might recognise or touch her. She could not make the simplest of decisions - which type of bread did she want, or what kind of salami? I tried to do the shopping as quickly as possible, but at the check-out she started to panic. She took out her wallet, knocked off her glasses, dropped the money on the floor, stuff was going all over the place.

Fear tells me that while there might be a host of people who wish to stand beside me in times of crisis, the tangled wreckage is sometimes so enormous that the best of their efforts leave them stranded at a great distance. And standing desperately alone surveying the carnage that holds all others a bay, God suddenly taps me on the shoulder, leans over and whispers, 'how about a little demolition?

He didn__ remember the very first time he actually died very well. It wasn__ as bad as remediation, but he remembered being afraid and worried_ and when he found himself alive again a few hours later with Mearth__ wild green eyes peering down at him, he remembered still being afraid and worried. It was strange, he thought, to be afraid of being alive_ but being alive was worse than being dead in his mind.

If I__e learned anything from my past and my present, it__ the power of fear. You can give your subjects all the generosity in the world, and still they will demand more. But those who are afraid don__ fight back. I know this well enough.

Fear is the worst enemy of sex. If a man is afraid of something _ he will start losing interest in sex. And, eventually he may become impotent.

Don__ be afraid,_ he says with a half smile. __ou__e with me._ His hand tightens around my wrist, tugging me down again playfully. And this time, I feel safe enough to take a deep breath of my own and do as he says.

When you are a child at home alone, you__e afraid someone might come; when you are old and at home alone, you__e afraid no one will come.