Afraid Quotes

I gave myself permission to feel and experience all of my emotions. In order to do that, I had to stop being afraid to feel. In order to do that, I taught myself to believe that no matter what I felt or what happened when I felt it, I would be okay.

Why can't women get along? Because we're afraid. We're afraid to be vulnerable. We're afraid to be soft. We're afraid to be hurt. But most of all, we're afraid of our power. So we become controlling and aggressive and vicious.

There are people we look up to, like Lady Gaga and what she's built. She's not afraid to own who she is.

I'm completely irresponsible, I'm afraid. I'm ignorant about money as a commodity - I have never really understood it.

With young people, I always say, 'You're not doing anyone any favours by withholding your power.' As women, we do that a lot because we are afraid of being misunderstood or perceived as too strong. But the older I'm getting, the more I realise you have to let that go.

I think I hid my singing talent from a lot of my friends at school because I didn't want to alienate anyone. If everyone was singing along in the car to a Madonna song, I didn't join in because when we're younger we're afraid of sticking out or showing off, when in fact we should own those things that make us really unique.

The more success you get, you start to be harder on yourself or more afraid of the looking glass. You have to learn to build a thicker skin because people are paying more attention.

I have the potential to be very strong and powerful, sometimes angry, sometimes passionate. I also can be shy and withhold that because I am afraid. I don't want to freak anybody out with my passion... So I struggle with that all the time.

Don't be afraid to fail. You're going to go on a million auditions, and most of them you won't get. It's very easy to think, 'This is not going to work for me,' but keep at it. It's very generic advice, but you have to be willing to keep yourself in the game.

I tell all my younger friends, 'Don't be afraid of change. That is when you truly see what your destiny is.'

Ballyhoo is for your classic girl, who is fun and fearless. This is for the girl who is not afraid to dress fun.

We women must listen to our inner voice. It is easier for women to do this as they are not afraid to say what they feel.

A lot of people are afraid to use their platforms because they don't want to lose anything they have - and that's OK. We don't all have to be activists, but I choose to do it because, really, what's the worst that could happen?

Even before 'Pose,' I was involved in activism and advocating for my community in various ways. I didn't see that stopping with my entry into this industry, but people are going to be afraid of what you're going to say. I'm going to bump heads with people that benefit from the oppression that they put trans people through.

I am normally afraid of birds and have never dreamt of any bird in my life.

It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.

I'm not afraid of turning 80 and I have lots of things to do. I don't have time for dying.

For me, photography is not just about exposing film, it's about exposing the viewer to something new, a place they haven't gone before, but most importantly, to people that they might be afraid of.

Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.

You can see designers and fashion people bringing in older girls to do their shows - I'm not even afraid to say 'older.'

You can see designers and fashion people bringing in older girls to do their shows - I'm not even afraid to say 'older.'

I have no fear of being less beautiful, I've always been afraid of not being beautiful.

I am not afraid of death, but would not want to die in some obscure or pointless way.

I've been in pressure situations before. All my life it's been about pressure and having to get it done. Just because you say it publicly, it does not make me afraid of it or make me shy away from it.

I'm afraid I don't think I really have a life on which something can be written.

I met my wife in music camp. She's got great ears, and we have a relationship where she's not afraid to tell me anything. If something's going on in my playing, she will tell me about it, and that's very, very important.

One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them.

Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.

There is not one single police officer in America that I am not afraid of and not one that I would trust to tell the truth or obey the laws they are sworn to uphold. I do not believe they protect me in any way.