Source: Marilyn Monroe Quotes vol 1
“We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.”
“So many times I’ve made myself stupid with the fear of being outsmarted.”
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Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)
“Days are stupid length. They are just long enough to get regret and then you have to go to bed.”
on days.
Yeah, Yeah (2011)
“Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.”
“The it-rich are those who have chosen to face their fears rather than live with regrets.”
It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)
“Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed.”
“Ah, my Belov'ed fill the Cup that clears
To-day Past Regrets and Future Fears:
To-morrow!”
Why, To-morrow I may be
Myself with Yesterday's Sev'n Thousand Years.
Source: The Rubaiyat (1120)
“All men are stupid. They are full of fear and insecurity—it makes them weak.”
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 13
Context: And now I am going to tell you a great truth, and if you are wise, you will take it to your heart. All men are stupid. They are full of fear and insecurity— it makes them weak. Always the other man seems stronger, more confident, more capable. It is a lie of the worst kind, for we lie to ourselves... How do you know? You do not! You listened to the voice of your inadequacy, and because you believed, you are in my power. If I draw my sword, you are dead!
