Quotes About Boldness

Briony scared?" said Eldric. "I've never seen anyone less scared in my life. She has nerves of iron.

What will I be doing in twenty years' time? I'll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?

Unlike some men, I had never drunk for boldness or charm or wit; I had used alcohol for precisely what it was, a depressant to check the mental exhilaration produced by extended sobriety.

And old rat is a brave rat.

Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong.

For believe me! - the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is: to live dangerously! Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius! Send your ships into uncharted seas!… Soon the age will be past when you could be content to live hidden in forests like shy deer!

Believe me The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously

No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.

We're very bold in our proclamations of our own moral rectitude, but then we neglect to even keep our own toilets clean.

If you're going to die, you might as well be doing something really, really stupid.

You can't be so frightened of what might happen that you are unwilling to act.

Szeth-son-son-Vallano, Truthless of Shinovar, wore white on the day he was to kill a king […] White to be bold. White to not blend into the night. White to give warning. For if you were going to assassinate a man, he was entitled to see you coming.

I risked and I lost but the risk was still worth it.

He found himself weeping. Not for the future or for the emperor. These were the tears of a man who saw before himself a masterpiece . True art was more than beauty; it was more than technique. It was not just imitation. It was boldness, it was contrast, it was subtlety.

That isn't greatness. That's just foolishness.

If we must put our head into the lion's mouth, let us make certain that he chokes upon our flesh!

Do what you can," Kelsier said. "I'll seek these people to the west." "They won't help." "I'm not going to ask for their help," Kelsier said, then smiled. "I'm going to rob them.

Doing something brave is much like saying something stupid. You rarely plan on it happening.

Err on the side of awesome.

I've always been very confident in my immaturity.

Sometimes, it seemed who could do the impossible simply because she didn't stop to think about how impossible it really was.

When the situation seems hopeless you need Lift: "Relax, grandpa. Steal the rock. I can do that.

We were supposed to be Defiant.

I'm good at doing things I'm not supposed to," she said, then kicked the door open.