Calming Fear Quotes & Sayings

Put plainer, my sense is that western culture would be a damn sight poorer today if John Lennon had been forced to carry a goddamn BlackBerry. — Merlin Mann

You want to sound crazy, but you want to actually be right. — Sam Altman

Every person has something that concerns her ultimately and whatever it is, that object of ultimate concern is that person's God — Ronald H. Nash

These were notes on how to write, and thus notes on how to think. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

It doesn't help to follow every rise and fall of your portfolio. It's better to tune out the day-to-day shifts, in fact. But getting a handle on the larger picture will make you feel more secure, and that goes a long way in calming your fear. — Jean Chatzky

It is of unspeakable advantage to possess our minds with an habitual good intention, and to aim all our thoughts, words, and actions at some laudable end. — Joseph Addison

I'd storm heaven for you, if I knew where it was. — Lois McMaster Bujold

Quiet descended on her, calm, content, as her needle, drawing the silk smoothly to its gentle pause, collected the green folds together and attached them, very lightly, to the belt. So on a summer's day waves collect, overbalance, and fall; collect and fall; and the whole world seems to be saying "that is all" more and more ponderously, until even the heart in the body which lies in the sun on the beach says too, That is all. Fear no more, says the heart. Fear no more, says the heart, committing its burden to some sea, which sighs collectively for all sorrows, and renews, begins, collects, lets fall. And the body alone listens to the passing bee; the wave breaking; the dog barking, far away barking and barking. — Virginia Woolf

I never have restricted myself into a frame of a particular technique. My techniques are determined simultaneously along with the subjects of my works. It is similar to the works of a poet, the form of a poem is determined at the same time as its content. — Guity Novin

We're all Bolsheviks now," Izzie said blithely. "And at my table!" Hugh said and laughed. — Kate Atkinson

A loud clatter of gunk music flooded through the Heart of Gold cabin as Zaphod searched the sub-etha radio wave bands for news of himself. The machine was rather difficult to operate. For years radios had been operated by means of pressing buttons and turning dials; then as the technology became more sophisticated the controls were made touch-sensitive - you merely had to brush the panels with your fingers; now all you had to do was wave your hand in the general direction of the components and hope. It saved a lot of muscular expenditure, of course, but meant that you had to sit infuriatingly still if you wanted to keep listening to the same program. — Douglas Adams

There are two ways of getting into the Cabinet - you can crawl in or kick your way in. — Aneurin Bevan

Frank was a great seamstress. — Nicole Castle

They are coming for me. Or am I coming for them? I do not know. I try to feel like the predator, but I cannot. My rage is calming. It is slowing and giving way to fear as the halls stretch on. — Pierce Brown

Peace never hurries. To rush or force is contradictory to the very essence of peace. — Alaric Hutchinson

Accomplishments of children shine most brightly in the light of a parent's sincere praise. — Wes Fesler

Flames beaten by the Ocean's Rage;
Shrouded in Molten Haze;
Blithely sheathed in Splendor.
An Angel rises from the Embers.
Calming Waters brew Courage replete;
Fear cowers at Bravery's feet.
An Angel rises from the Embers.
Enlightenment basks on the shore;
Tidal waves gasp and roar;
'Quiet!' the Wind implores!
Silence sings, and spirits soar ...
An Angel rises from the Embers. — Renee Rentmeester

Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa. — Casey Stengel

Let us not mourn that such men died, but rejoice that such men lived. — George S. Patton

Then we'd better stop her." Coating the hammering fear with calming ice, Roarke worked precisely. "I'm not losing my wife today. I need more shagging light here. — J.D. Robb