Quotes About Boldness

As soon as he stopped, I poked him with my umbrella and said 'f— you!' and got out real fast.

Don't be modest and retiring, Anne. It will get you nowhere.

Kindly go to Hell! (Lestat to Oncle Julien's ghost)

she appeared in a dashing fur coat and very high heels, with a bottle of bootleg whiskey in a brown paper bag from which she drank all during the meeting, erupting into wild laughter

Don't be afraid. Just start the tape.

To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.

Now you, brave one, little Ganymede of the blasphemers, you willful brazen cherub.

He let his tread announce him as he went up the stairs. It seemed very much the proper thing to do in this house, to let Marius know that, he was coming, and not to be accused of boldness and stealth.

I was amazed by his boldness, polite as it was. But then he was so much older than me, so used to a graceful authority, and I was painfully young. Again, in waves I felt the old love for him, the old need of him, and again it was fusing perfectly and stupidly, with my thirst.

She reached behind her to unfasten her bra, then stopped. "Do you need me to take all my clothes off, or just from the waist down?" "This isn't a visit to the gynecologist, Rachel. Everything must go." His voice was lightly mocking.

You can't test courage cautiously, so I ran hard and waved my arms hard, happy.

Having chosen this foolishness, I was a free being. How could the world ever stop me, how could I betray myself, if I was not afraid?

One of the few things I know about writing is this: Spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book, or for another book, give it, give it all, give it now.

One of the few things I know about writing is this:spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book, or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is a signal to spend it now. Something more will arise later, something better. These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water.

If is a word that can never be said too loudly

They do say red and black are a good combo.

We choose not to be remarkable because we're worried about criticism.

begin to realize that the safest thing you can do feels risky and the riskiest thing you can do is play it safe.

Commit to the frightening work of flying blind

A Timid Trapeze Artist Is a Dead Trapeze Artist

The cost of being wrong is less than the cost of doing nothing.

We choose not to be remarkable because we're worried about criticism. We

The personal power of being confident and clear about our actions and saying what we know without holding back is described in the texts as 'the lions roar.

Come closer and let me demonstrate." When she hesitates, I grin her way. "I dare you.