“Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.”
Variant: Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.
Source: Robinson Crusoe (1719), Ch. 11, Finds Print of Man's Foot on the Sand.
“Life shouldn't be about the either/or. We're capable of more than that, you know?”
Source: Along for the Ride
Interview with Richard Heffner on The Open Mind (7 December 1975)
“Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.”
Source: A Case of Identity
“You will soon discover that in matters of the heart, memories are much kinder than reality”
Source: Whitney, My Love
“Get off me. You weigh more than the doors to your home.”
Source: Honor's Splendour
“The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of the state of your mind.”
“Well, perhaps; but I begin to think there are better things than being comfortable.”
Source: At the Back of the North Wind
“It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble your foe.”
Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. III : A Controversy; Gilbert to Helen
“Nothing shapes your life more than the commitments you choose to make.”
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
“You're a girl. Someday you'll want to be a prisoner to someone other than yourself.”
Source: Tiger Lily
“A weak man in a corner is more dangerous than a strong man. (Inspector Miller)”
Source: The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
“It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.”
“Sometimes the dying live more fiercely and wisely than the rest of us. (146)”
Source: God is No Laughing Matter
“Nothing is more intolerable than to have admit to yourself your own errors.”
“True masters are those who've chosen to make a life rather than a living.”
Source: Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 1
“I'm scared. What will tomorrow bring? It has to be better than today. It has to.”
Source: By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“Nothing is more appealing than a handsome man who is also uncertain of himself.”
Source: Guilty Pleasures
