Sarah Dessen Quotes

Great self-destruction follows upon unfounded fear.

Whenever man begins to doubt himself, he does something so stupid that he is reassured.

He who fears is literally delivered to destruction.

My worst habit is my fear & my destructive rationalizing.

Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent's blade.

You should be more afraid of a stupid man than of an evil one.

Every man is his own chief enemy.

Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another.

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

I don't want to be the person digging my own grave.

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.

I have a pathological fear of being on my own. When I'm with my own thoughts, I start to unravel myself, and I start to think really dark thoughts, self-destructive thoughts.

No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.

I play with a fear of letting people down. That's what motivates me.

Every time I've ever gotten close to being successful, I've found some way to screw it up.

If things are too perfect, people are always so afraid that it's going to change, so they ruin it themselves.

Nobody likes cravens,” he said uncomfortably. “I wish we hadn’t helped him. What if they think we’re craven too?” "You're too stupid to be craven,” Pyp told him. “I am not,” Grenn said. “Yes you are. If a bear attacked you in the woods, you’d be too stupid to run away.” “I would not,” Grenn insisted. “I’d run away faster than you.” He stopped suddenly, scowling when he saw Pyp’s grin and realized what he’d just said.

A foolishness is inflicted with a hatred of itself.

I'm doing everything I can to sabotage my career. It's a little thing called "fear of success".

If you're stupid and you're arrogant, you're going to get hurt.

Stupid people are dangerous.

The most dangerous person is the fearful; he is the most to be feared.

Do not call procrastination laziness. Call it fear.

I'll never understand how a man can live his life With his finger on the self-destruct button, Holding it there day after day, Blinded by an obsession to press it But lacking the conviction to do even that.