Top 100 Afraid To Say Quotes
#1. I enjoy people who aren't afraid to say what they mean. It makes life so much easier!
Alex Flinn
#2. We so much want social connection that we become afraid to say something that might make another person reject us. And yet, being vulnerable and having empathy are the most connecting things we can practice.
Iben Dissing Sandahl
#3. Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, 'I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven or on earth.' Timidity keeps people from their good. They are afraid to say, 'Yes, I deserve it.'
Maya Angelou
#4. I cannot look at you with anything other than abhorrence, much less affection! I couldn't bare your presence when we were children and, I'm afraid to say, the repulsive way at which you have grown to be has made it even worse! You have taken everything from me...
Madeline Courtney
#5. A man ought not be afraid to say he didn't know. Nor a woman.
Anne McCaffrey
#6. I'm insecure about things. I'm not afraid to say it, though. Even when my publicist is like, 'Go on the red carpet,' I don't wanna go.
Wale
#7. Don't be afraid to say "No". It's empowering. Remember, a "Yes" is a commitment. Give them wisely.
Sharon Law Tucker
#8. Be real. Make connections with people. Look them in the eye. Tell them how you feel. Don't be afraid to say what you mean. When you let go of the stuff you hold inside, you'll be amazed at what comes back to you.
Rachael Ray
#9. I am no longer afraid to say anything.
Anna Freud
#10. Nothing cuts deeper than when another person says exactly what you're afraid to say out loud.
Laurell K. Hamilton
#11. Women love an honest man. An honest man that isn't afraid to say, 'Men get hurt too.' And a lot of men don't admit that.
Rita Ora
#12. People go into a gallery, and they're afraid to express their opinions about art. No one's afraid to say, 'Keanu Reeves was bad in that movie.' We see so many films that we can tell who's faking it. But with art, we can't always tell.
William Quigley
#13. Occasionally, don't be afraid to say: This is what we deserve.
Ted Egan
#14. Your answer is yes, you would. You're afraid to say it out loud because you know, once you do, it makes it real - this thing between us - and then you won't be able to stop it from happening. What, deep down inside, you know is inevitable.
Samantha Towle
#15. I think men are afraid to say that they would love to have Michelle Obama in their bed, but they think it.
Eddie Griffin
#16. It's amazing how much you can find to say when there's one big thing you're too afraid to say: 'This isn't working.
Caitlin Moran
#17. In Attractions, don't be afraid to say "no". I was tentative at first because I didn't want to cause problems. However, you must get into people's faces in Attractions. You are actually trained to yell at guests if necessary.
Julianna Cavallo
#18. Writers searching for their voice: Whatever you're afraid to say, whatever burns inside you, say it with conviction. You don't need a class for that.
Gregor Collins
#19. He kissed my tears away and whispered sweet words into my ears. Words that he was too afraid to say out loud. He told me I was beautiful. That I was perfect in every way. And that, unconditionally, I was his.
A. Zavarelli
#20. People ask me all the time why I write. I do realize that one day I will have to answer this question, most likely in front of a large crowd. But how do you tell the truth when you struggle just to write it? How do you admit that the words are just salve to the things you are too afraid to say?
Kacey Vanderkarr
#21. But if the feelings are mutual, I open my heart without restriction. I'm not afraid to say 'I love you'.
Bill Kaulitz
#22. An artist who maintains that he has been misunderstood is almost always a bad artist who, I'm afraid to say, has been understood.
Jo Nesbo
#23. There's something I'm afraid to say to you too early, but I'd be a fool to wait too late.
Toby Keith
#24. What's the point of lying about anything? We could keep being too afraid to say we don't know stuff and then the future will come and eat us anyway and we'll regret not doing all that stuff we wished we did.
Patrick Ness
#25. I've always thought there was something so incredibly sexy about a wedding ring on a man's finger. It tells the world he has pledged himself to someone and isn't afraid to say so. Everyone you meet will know you're taken. I like that.
Then I'll never take it off.
Marie Force
#26. My mom was never afraid to say, 'I'm sorry. I screwed up.' I feel like that's an important lesson.
Miranda Lambert
#27. In my own writing, I tend to be very honest, and my goal is to identify something people think but are afraid to say. That's not the general cultural expectation of women.
Meghan Daum
#28. I think men spend so much time passing for being men. There's a sense among many writers of color that the most invisible figure that was sitting between all of us was the nerd. But it was the thing we weren't saying, that people were afraid to say, like, "Yo, what we do is nerdy by definition."
Junot Diaz
#29. Love is a flicker. It's that hidden desire. It's the words you're afraid to say. It's stolen glances. It's the passive-aggressive hints. It's the mixed signal. It's the first brush against his hand. It's the first time you daydream about her.
Nessie Q.
#30. Being from New York, if you're gay, you're gay. I think it's important that if you are gay, you not be afraid to say who you are.
Sue Wicks
#31. I have looked evil in the eye, my friend. I am afraid to say it does not blink.
Adrian Cole
#32. I think LPGA players for a long time were afraid to say what's on their minds. But we're doing all the right things and there's nothing wrong with having some great personalities and rivalries and some friction. I think that's really good for the sport.
Cristie Kerr
#33. Maybe there's something you're afraid to say or someone you're afraid to love or somewhere you're afraid to go
John Green
#34. Don't be afraid to say how you feel, Dylan. Holding things inside is what gets people in trouble.
Carolee Dean
#35. And I know you're not supposed to say 'Nazi Germany,' but I don't care about political correctness. You know, you had a government using its tools to intimidate the population. We now live in a society where people are afraid to say what they actually believe.
Benjamin Carson
#36. The reason business writing is horrible is that people are afraid. Afraid to say what they mean, because they might be criticized for it. Afraid to be misunderstood, to be accused of saying what they didn't mean, because they might be criticized for it.
Seth Godin
#37. I am not afraid to say my relationship with my man is important, even vital, to who I am as a person.
Mika Brzezinski
#39. Well, I'm not afraid to say something if I think it's funny, even if it's harsh or racist.
Sarah Silverman
#40. 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
#41. Enjoy life, study hard, play hard, be kind to other people, set high standards, and don't be afraid to say "No."
Nia Long
#42. You have this maddening little smile sometimes, like you've just thought of something incredibly witty but are afraid to say it in case no one gets the joke.
Robyn Schneider
#43. We have the truth and we need not be afraid to say so.
J.C. Ryle
#44. I'm extremely ambitious. I don't know why people are afraid to say that. I won't sell my soul to the devil, but I do want success and I don't think that's bad.
Jada Pinkett Smith
#45. I appeal: Learn with me the lessons of history and of grace, so my children will not be afraid to say the word 'AIDS' when I am gone. Then, their children and yours may not need to whisper it at all.
Mary Fisher
#46. You can't allow the forces of political correction to shut you up. I mean, why are people afraid to say, 'Merry Christmas?' Give me a break. If people don't like it, yeah, they can go do something else.
Ben Carson
#47. I want someone who is open-minded, dedicated to whatever she is doing and isn't afraid to say I love you. As for looks, she shouldn't have three heads. I want a regular human being.
Kevin Eubanks
#48. All writers misspeak, revealing not what they thought they said, but almost what they were afraid to say.
Charles E. Bressler
#49. We pride ourselves on trying to put on the best show we can and we're not afraid to say that we happen to be the best live band in the world
Billie Joe Armstrong
#50. Praising yourself doesn't have to be a bad thing. Don't be arrogant, but don't be afraid to say you've done a good job.
C.M. Stunich
#51. Wanted, a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say "No," though all the world say "Yes.
Orison Swett Marden
#52. What's Optimism?' asked Cacambo. 'I'm afraid to say,' said Candide, 'that it's a mania for insisting that all is well when things are going badly.
Voltaire
#53. I'm not afraid to say I'm competitive.
Andrew Luck
#54. I also think there's too many players who say the same boring answers, they don't even have to turn up to interviews because journalists answer their own questions the way they ask them. Unfortunately the way it is now players are so afraid to say anything, but I'd like them to be honest.
Shane Warne
#55. I think that's what goes wrong in a lot of people's careers, so many people are afraid to say, "This person has a problem" or "This person maybe shouldn't do this" because they're afraid of losing their jobs.
Demi Lovato
#56. I want people who will stand up to me. People who are not afraid to say exactly what's on their minds, even though that's probably not what I want to hear. That's what I want.
Henry Kravis
#57. The society with lots of open disagreement and social conflict is the one surging with power in art, science, commerce, constructive social reform, and (most of all) religious revival; the hushed-up society where everyone is afraid to say what he thinks is on the brink of violence and collapse.
Greg Forster
#58. One of the things women are very good at, that's networking. Women are not afraid to say, "I need." They're not afraid. Men won't even ask for directions. Women will tell each other when they need something. Women will tell each other when their husband is having an affair. Men don't do that.
Marlo Thomas
#59. I love seeing young people take a stance and not be afraid to say how they feel, and protest when they feel things are wrong or unjust.
Zendaya
#60. A nice person is a 'yes' person, whereas a good person is a person who accepts their responsibility in things and moves forward and tries to constantly evolve and isn't afraid to say no or challenge someone or be honest or truthful.
Miranda Kerr
#61. People are so afraid to say the word 'comic'. It makes you think of a grown man with pimples, a ponytail and a big belly. Change it to 'graphic novel' and that disappears.
Marjane Satrapi
#62. You cannot do everything at once, so find people you trust to help you. And don't be afraid to say no.
Jane Seymour
#63. Do not be afraid to say 'yes' to Jesus: to find your joy in doing His will
Pope Benedict XVI
#64. I believe very much that the most damning thing you can say about Muslims is that you're afraid to say anything because they'll hurt you.
Penn Jillette
#65. Brethren, understand that the gospel is a gospel which brings a present salvation; and try to feel that it is not presumption, but simply out of the very fundamental principle of it, when you are not afraid to say, I know that my Redeemer is yonder, and I know that He loves me.
Alexander MacLaren
#66. I don't think the process was successful and should be inspected closer. I am not afraid to say I am not familiar with the entire process, so before commenting further I would have to study the process more in depth.
Vincent Frank
#67. The sound of the rain faded away and she kissed him, letting herself be as honest as she'd wanted to be, letting her kiss speak for everything she was afraid to say with words.
Mary Jane Hathaway
#68. I'll do things that maybe other people would be afraid to do or afraid to say. But in my personal life, I'm actually very responsible with my personal relationships.
Megan Fox
#69. People are usually afraid to say what's on their mind.
Donald Fagen
#70. I'm not afraid to say I'm very comfortable with who I am and I love who I love.
Jessie J.
#71. If we are quiet enough, we can hear it: the space between us filling up fast with all the things we are too afraid to say to each other.
Julian Aguon
#72. I could have easily been too afraid to say 'yes' to Chicago, because it requires so much I haven't done before. If I am a flop at singing and dancing, maybe my love for it will carry me through.
America Ferrera
#73. And when Aaron called out for him just then, right on time, there was something beautiful about that, too, the way a little kid needed you for everything and wasn't afraid to say so.
Tom Perrotta
#74. I think one of the pitfalls of doing your own music is that sometimes you can never be satisfied with it: you're afraid to say that it's done, and you keep reworking it or re-recording it or re-writing it.
Adam Schlesinger
#75. Attack politics costs us dearly in terms of insight into the candidates. In a presidential campaign, the focus is so tight that the politicians are afraid to say anything that hasn't been scripted.
Jack Germond
#76. Bernie Mac just says what you think but are afraid to say.
Bernie Mac
#78. That was it exactly - irony was defeatist, timid, the telltale of a generation too afraid to say what it meant, and so in danger of forgetting it had anything to say.
D.T. Max
#79. When it hurts, don't be afraid to say ouch!
Mary Buchan
#80. Tupac was just so passionate about what he believes in and not afraid to say anything.
J. Cole
#81. I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so.
Stephen Hawking
#82. It wasn't until I found my tribe of artists - people who were outspoken and not afraid to say what they thought, whether in a song or a dance or a piece of classical music - that I found a refuge.
Cote De Pablo
#84. There are a lot of times when people are diplomatic about things, and I'm not that type. I'm not afraid to say exactly what I mean.
Solange Knowles
#85. Don't be afraid to say no to projects. Prove that you're serious about specialization by turning down work that falls outside your area of expertise. The more people you say no to, the more referrals you'll get to people who need your product or service.
John Warrillow
#86. 5 steps to happiness: Don't speak badly about yourself. Trust your instincts. Let go of what you can't control. Don't be afraid to say no. Don't be afraid to say yes.
Karen Salmansohn
#87. There are so many lessons in life that can be learned through golf. I am not afraid to say that I am still learning some of them and probably will continue for some time.
Paula Creamer
#88. I think that women are afraid to say they don't want children because they're going to get shunned.
Cameron Diaz
#89. As Christians we need to be patient, understanding, and kind. Instead of going on the attack, we can ask genuine questions. Instead of bristling when our narrative is summarily dismissed, we can carefully explain our way of seeing things. And when we are wrong, we won't be afraid to say so.
Kevin DeYoung
#90. A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.
Madonna
#91. The heat that came off his body warmed every single spot inside me. Every spot that was nervous in the beginning began to fade away completely.
I felt like I were alive and there was nothing I couldn't do, or wasn't afraid to say.
Jennifer Whitfield
#92. The attitudes of many police organizations were extremely negative to the prospect of Rap, and many officials weren't afraid to say that they were against it. To them, Rappers were just criminals waiting to get caught.
Assata Shakur
#93. Tiny: maybe there's something you're afraid to say, or someone you're afraid to love, or somewhere you're afraid to go. it's gonna hurt. it's gonna hurt because it matters.
David Levithan
#94. Before the Freedom of Information Act, I used to say at meetings "The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer." ... But since the Freedom of Information Act, I'm afraid to say things like that.
Henry A. Kissinger
#95. There are a lot of Democrats that tell me that they are just distressed over what Obama has done to the health care industry and to jobs. They are afraid to say anything about it because of recriminations, because this regime fights back.
Rush Limbaugh
#96. Nowadays, even The New York Times Book Review is afraid to say when a popular book is crap.
Lorin Stein
#98. I would say to today's young minister, 'Be not afraid to give much time to solitary walks and meditation'.
Vance Havner
#99. Now it is one thing to say I say it that people shouldn't consume psychoactive drugs. It is entirely something else to condone marijuana laws, the application of which resulted, in 1995, in the arrest of 588,963 Americans. Why are we so afraid to inform ourselves on the question?
William F. Buckley Jr.
#100. I wish I could say I was afraid, but I wasn't. Quite the contrary. This was by far the most interesting thing that had ever happened to me in my entire life
Alan Bradley
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