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Quotes About Boldness

I'll say she's brave," Grandma chimes in. "She's going to England day after tomorrow to hump some guy she barely knows.
~ Meg Cabot
Bursting into parties to which I wasn't invited - but acting as if I had every right in the world to be there - is another one of my many gifts. It's basically all about confidence - and having the right shoes, of course. If you have the right shoes, you can do anything.
~ Meg Cabot
You gotta take chances in this life or you're already dead.
~ Megan McCafferty
I love stupid plans.
~ Megan Whalen Turner
I am a master of foolhardy plans.
~ Megan Whalen Turner
A] surge of predatory lust caused the hand still locked on Olive's ass to tighten—pleasurably, judging from the satisfied wince she elicited. Emboldened, Kate licked Olive's upper lip and murmured, "I plan to destroy your dirty little bucket list one item at a time.
~ Meghan O'Brien
Kingsley, ever the joker, had his Venator mark tattooed near his unmentionables
~ Melissa de la Cruz
Glad you guys are the ones going after v them and not me and Jace. We'd be too scared, all right. Crikey, you're all so brave. I'm not, really, said Evie. But sometimes you have to do the things you have to do.
~ Melissa de la Cruz
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little coarse, and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice? Up again; you shall never be so afraid of a tumble. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
~ Melody Beattie
Radical faith is bold. It's not squeamish, fundamentalist, judgmental, or blaming. It's courageous.
~ Melody Beattie
Tentative holds no power.
~ Bear Grylls
This is your life. Be bold with it. Live it with energy and purpose in the direction that excites you. Listen to your heart, look for your dreams: they are God-inspired.
~ Bear Grylls
Tentative is no power.
~ Bear Grylls
Failing is OK. A bad decision is better than no decision.
~ Bear Grylls
Bravery is about facing up to the things we fear the most, and overcoming and conquering those fears…or at least quelling them for a while. And the greater the fear, the greater the bravery. But one thing I know for sure: it is only by doing what we fear that we can ever truly learn to be brave.
~ Bear Grylls
I was a young girl buying bubble gum at the corner store when I first really heard the full name bell hooks. I had just 'talked back' to a grown person. Even now I can recall the surprised look, the mocking tones that informed me I must be kin to bell hooks - a sharp-tongued woman, a woman who spoke her mind, a woman who was not afraid to talk back. I claimed this legacy of defiance, of will, of courage, affirming my link to my female ancestors who were bold and daring in their speech.
~ bell hooks
Thy worst. I fart at thee.
~ Ben Jonson
The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.
~ Ben Lerner
It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune; and when you have got it, it requires ten times as much wit to keep it. —Nathan Mayer Rothschild
~ Benjamin Graham
It was madness. And, as Finan had said, sometimes madness works.
~ Bernard Cornwell
There's a time for caution,' I said, 'and a time to just kill the bastards.
~ Bernard Cornwell
We have forgotten that courage is a choice and that permission to move forward with boldness is never given by fearful masses
~ Bernard Cornwell
I don't care if he's got a tail and tits, just take me to him." The
~ Bernard Cornwell
My dear: in this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.
~ Bernard Shaw