'Avoidance' Ideas

I’ve always been scared to death of pain – afraid, even, to think of it.
Loretta Young
A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
J. R. R. Tolkien
We must contemplate some extremely unpleasant possibilities, just because we want to avoid them.
Albert Wohlstetter
There are questions that you don’t ask because you’re afraid of the answers to them.
Agatha Christie
The best way to confront your fears it to stop avoiding the situation you’re most afraid of.
David D. Burns
You would think death was an optional extra nowadays. Nobody wants to tick that box.
David Hockney
What happens if I try to build a life dedicated to avoiding all danger and all unnecessary risk?
Sam Keen
He only fears men who does not know them, and he who avoids them will soon misjudge them.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Afraid of death? Not at all. Be a great relief. Then I wouldn’t have to talk to you.
Katharine Hepburn
There are people who make no mistakes because they never wish to do anything worth doing.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I always rip out the last page of a book. Then it doesn’t have to end. I hate endings!
Steven Moffat
It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid. -Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes
Publilius Syrus
The best advice I can give you about falling is to never land.
Chevy Chase
Fear runs our lives a lot of the time. You can face it head-on, or you can hide in your bunker.
Chris Pine
Instead of expending time to train yourself not to be afraid of snakes, avoid them altogether.
Richard Koch
Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.
Dan Brown

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