Indeed, I was so afraid to dishonour my friends and family by my indiscreet actions, that I rather chose to be accounted a fool, than to be thought rude or wanton.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was afraid of not living up to what people expected me to be.
To choose ways of not acting was ever the concern and scruple of my life.
I think sometimes my controlling instincts came out of a fear of other people.
I was so afraid of upsetting people, and not being liked for saying something that was not to everyone's taste.
I promise you that during my life, I was more concerned about not letting people down, about doing my part, than I was ever into what it did for me.
I was not afraid of what I did not like. To overcome dislike of a thing often satisfied one's feeling of honour.
I never, in all my life, took any mean advantage of an enemy.
I couldn't help feeling people thought I was a moron, and my self-imposed insecurity constantly bedeviled me.
Acting in anger and hatred throughout my life, I frequently precipitated what I feared most, the loss of friendships and the need to rely upon the very people I'd abused.
When I became successful, I put up a caution. I didn't think it was fair to have the shadow of that kind of success thrown on my family. And I was cautious about being taken by things that could destroy you.
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