quotes on fear

Waste not the smallest thing created, for grains of sand make mountains, and atomies infinity. Waste not the smallest time in imbecile infirmity, for well thou knowest that seconds form eternity. ~E. Knight



Adversity is the first path to truth. ~Lord Byron



One almost expects one of the players to peer into the monitor and politely request viewers to refrain from munching so loudly on cheese and crackers while the golfers are trying to reach the greens. ~Pete Alfano



My skin is kind of sort of brownish pinkish yellowish white. My eyes are greyish blueish green, but I'm told they look orange in the night. My hair is reddish blondish brown, but it's silver when its wet, and all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet. ~Shel Silverstein



Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him. ~Proverbs 26:12



Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water. ~The Women's Petition Against Coffee, 1674



Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind. ~John F. Kennedy, 1961



You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. ~Kahlil Gibran



When you think about flying, it's nuts really. Here you are at about 40,000 feet, screaming along at 700 miles an hour and you're sitting there drinking Diet Pepsi and eating peanuts. It just doesn't make any sense. ~David Letterman



In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. ~Jose Narosky



Civilization is hideously fragile... there's not much between us and the Horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish. ~C.P. Snow



I keep my end tables full of needlework and quilting so I don't have to dust them. ~Author Unknown



When it comes time to die, make sure all you got to do is die. ~Attributed to Jim Elliot



A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. ~William Blake, "Auguries of Innocence," Poems from the Pickering Manuscript



Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty. ~Samuel Johnson



The alternative to a vacation is to stay home and tip every third person you see. ~Author Unknown



Wine is sure proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. ~Benjamin Franklin



If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. ~Henry Ford



We're all kissed by angels but some of us never think to pucker. ~Terri Guillemets



Be glad that you're greedy; the national economy would collapse if you weren't. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966