Famous quotes containing the word fearful:
“It is brave to be involved,
To be not fearful to be unresolved.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“If I meet the Christian Deity, I am lost: He is a tyrant and as such, is full of ideas of vengeance; His Bible speaks of nothing but fearful punishments. I never loved Him! I could never even believe that anyone did love Him sincerely. He is devoid of pity.... He will punish me in some abominable manner.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)
“Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another’s fear.”
—Umberto Eco (b. 1932)