Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes

I think you're not a human being unless you have doubts and fears.

I knew from day one, the truth would prevail, but I was so scared I didn't know what to do.

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

I have beliefs, of course, like everyone-but I don't always believe in them.

There was a time when I just felt like a superwoman. I was like, 'I got Jesus! I ain't afraid!' But, the truth is, I want to do things right, and sometimes I am afraid that I'm not good enough or that I'm not going to handle something right.

Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.

When I said the city would be stronger, I didn't know that. I just hoped it. There are parts of you that say, 'Maybe we're not going to get through this.' You don't listen to them.

To tell her that I joined the parachute club was too hard for me. I didn't want to trouble her; besides, I was not completely sure about the success of my new adventure.

Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.

I don't know why I'm saying I'm brave.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

To doubt is worse than to have lost; and to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.

I don't know which is stronger: the thrill of winning or the fear of failure. I don't know which one affects me most. I don't know where the middle is.

Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection.

God gave you not a spirit of faithlessness, not a spirit of despair.

Faith is Doubt.

Faith is the effort to believe what your common sense tells you is not true.

Once doubt begins it spreads rapidly.

Guerillas are cruel to the weak and cowardly in the face of the brave.

I hope to God that I know what I am doing.

A leader with no doubts leads badly.

There's always doubt and fear. If you're a human being, everybody's got it.

I remember all the stages in my career where I almost didn't have enough confidence to try for something, almost didn't have the guts to follow something I was excited about doing, because I didn't know anyone else who'd done it, or other people made me question it.

When I started writing, I said, 'I don't know how to do this. I don't know if it sounds good.' Coming from being an underdog or being told that something wasn't for you over and over repeatedly, it took a lot out of me. It took a lot of my self-confidence.

Fear is just faith in the wrong person.