Not Afraid Quotes - Page 5

• I would like to be remembered as someone who was not afraid to do what she wanted to do, and as someone who took risks along the way in order to achieve her goals.

  Sally Ride

  Bad Ass, Order, Goal

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• Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything - even our lives - in our struggle for justice.

  Cesar Chavez

  Giving Up, Struggle, Order

  Cesar Chavez (2008). “An Organizer's Tale: Speeches”, p.64, Penguin

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• I'm not afraid of anyone, but sometimes I'm afraid of myself. The mental part is very important.

  Justine Henin

  Sports, Tennis, Champion

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• I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first. I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

  Stephen Hawking

  Death, Suicide, Dark

  "Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven; it's a fairy story'". Interview with Ian Sample, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2011.

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• Don't wait until you're not afraid of something to do it. Do it despite the fear and you'll start to develop a 'fearlessness muscle'.

  Arianna Huffington

  Motivation, Waiting, Muscles

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• If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.

  Sam Manekshaw

  Badass, Lying, Military

  "A Nomad Repaints the Globe" by PREMJI, PartridgeIndia, (p. 70), 2013.

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• But pearls are for tears, the old legend says," Gilbert had objected. "I'm not afraid of that. And tears can be happy as well as sad. My very happiest moments have been when I had tears in my eyes—when Marilla told me I might stay at Green Gables—when Matthew gave me the first pretty dress I ever had—when I heard that you were going to recover from the fever. So give me pearls for our troth ring, Gilbert, and I'll willingly accept the sorrow of life with its joy." -Anne

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Eye, Giving, Joy

  Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). “The Complete Novels of Lucy Maud Montgomery - 20 Titles in One Volume: Including Anne of Green Gables Series, Emily Starr Trilogy, The Blue Castle, The Story Girl & Pat of Silver Bush Series: Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne of Ingleside, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley, Emily of New Moon, The Golden Road, Magic for Marigold, A Tangled Web, Jane of Lantern Hill & many more”, p.900, e-artnow

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• So is work ethic. You do things over and over again, and when you get in a situation you like to think it comes natural. I think there has to be a mind-set that you’re not afraid to fail. I’m not afraid to fail. I’ve done it quite a bit. The calmer you are, the more the game slows down for you, and I think part of that is controlling your emotions.

  Derek Jeter

  Thinking, Games, Work Ethic

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• There is Someone dancing with you, and you are not afraid of making mistakes.

  Richard Rohr

  Mistake, Dancing, Making Mistakes

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• I am not afraid of death. What I am afraid of is that I will meet the Saviour and He will say, 'You could have done better'

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Done, Afraid Of Death, Saviour

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• If you don't take no chances, then you're not a performer. Performers always take chances. You go see a singer, they'll hit the high note. They'll hit that note, they're not afraid, they're gonna exaggerate the fact and make me enjoy it, make me say, 'Wow, I wish I could do that!

  Evander Holyfield

  Wish, Singers, Wow

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• I was not afraid of what I did not like. To overcome dislike of a thing often satisfied one's feeling of honour.

  Georg Brandes

  Feelings, Overcoming, Satisfied

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I am not afraid of aging, but more afraid of people's reactions to my aging.

  Barbara Hershey

  People, Aging, Reactions

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• I'm not afraid of being thought of as someone who is associated with film music. Why not? If it's a good song, what does it matter?

  Bryan Adams

  Song, Doe, Film Music

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• I'm not afraid to call a wine that tastes like Skittles or green peppers mixed with orange marmalade. I'll say, 'It tastes like chicken.' I mean, that's not what people think of when they think of wine, but that's what it tastes like to me and it hits home.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Home, Wine, Mean

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• People know I love to shoot action and that I'm not afraid of emotion.

  Peter Berg

  People, Action, Emotion

  "Cannes 2012: 'Battleship' Director Peter Berg's Next Movie Sells Out Global Rights" by Pamela McClintock, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 21, 2012.

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• My style during the day is very casual - boyfriend jeans, T-shirts, Converse, Uggs, whatever. At night, I love heels and thigh-highs, I like something fresh and new, and I'm not afraid to push the envelope.

  Katie Cassidy

  Night, Jeans, Uggs

  "Katie Cassidy Dishes on Gossip Girl". Interview with Dan Koday, www.seventeen.com. October 20, 2010.

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• Costa Rica is not afraid to go before any international body.

  Laura Chinchilla

  Costa Rica, Body, International

  "Costa Rica ready to appeal to higher bodies in border dispute". www.cnn.com. November 10, 2010.

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• Brad Pitt is a dude who just wants to make good movies. He's not afraid to surround himself with the greatest actors, which I always appreciate because I've also seen actors who only want to surround themselves with weak actors because it makes them look better. That ends up making a poorer movie.

  Garret Dillahunt

  Appreciate, Good Movie, Looks

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Isabelle Eberhardt

  Want, Way, Obscure

  Isabelle Eberhardt (2003). “The Nomad: The Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt”, Interlink Publishing Group Incorporated

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• Boys like Peter are afraid of alot of things, like nuclear annihilation and flunking algebra, but they're not afraid of wolves.

  Al Yankovic

  Boys, Games, Nuclear

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• I'm not afraid of facts, I welcome facts but a congeries of facts is not equivalent to an idea. This is the essential fallacy of the so-called "scientific" mind. People who mistake facts for ideas are incomplete thinkers; they are gossips.

  Cynthia Ozick

  Mistake, Ideas, People

  Quoted in Francis Klagsbrun's TheFirst Ms. Reader We are the Crazy Lady and Other Feisty Feminist Fables (p. 67)

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• 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.

  Indra Devi

  Voice, Easier, Feels

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• My life's a mess. I'm not afraid to admit it.

  Nick Diaz

  Mess

  Interview with Brett Okamoto, www.espn.com. March 8, 2013.

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• I'm not afraid of the opinions of others - but of being needed and coming up short.

  John J. Geddes

  Fear, Opinion, Needed

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