Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

When one is frightened of the truth then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of.

The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.

In my opinion, the only way to conquer stage fright is to get up on stage and play. Every time you play another show, it gets better and better.

Any other illness and you have time off work, but there is a lot of stigma around mental illness. It's frightening to talk about it. The people suffering don't want sympathy.

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.

Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.

It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.

The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon shook our nation to the core. Americans were deeply frightened, sad, and angry, and they rallied around a President who, at the time, showed impressive certitude and calm.

The gospel sets us free to become the romantic leaders of our marriages without fright or hesitation. Because we have been forever wooed by Jesus, we are now free to forever woo our wives.

When I speak out against the guns or against the big corporations, some of my friends say, 'Oh Yoko, be careful. These people have all the power.' But, you know, most people don't speak out because they are frightened.

Stage fright is not a thing about 'Am I any good?' It's about 'Am I gonna be good tonight?' It's a right-now thing. It helps me. If I went out there thinkin', 'Eh, we'll go slaughter 'em,' I'm positive something would go seriously wrong.

Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.

Let us return, however, to the League of Nations. To create an organization which is in a position to protect peace in this world of conflicting interests and egotistic wills is a frighteningly difficult task.

It's really hard to figure out what they need to know. And that's parenting, in general. It's hard to figure out what would benefit your kids and what would just make them needlessly frightened.

Live performance is everything. First of all, I have terrible stage fright. But beyond that, once the music starts, it's OK.

I hate horror movies. I get really scared, and I don't want to be scared. I don't know why, but I'm one of those people who gets frightened and can't go to sleep.

Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeties, would give me a wide berth. And the ladies would gang up in a corner to discuss my dangerous character.

Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known.

I believe without a single shadow of a doubt that it is necessary for young people to learn to make choices. Learning to make right choices is the only way they will survive in an increasingly frightening world.

The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

It would be too frightening for me to consider myself a role model. But I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things.

We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.