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Quotes About Boldness

Vale más tener una cicatriz por valiente que la piel intacta por cobarde.
~ Bruce Lee
Alex direly wanted to try something stupid, but he wasn't about try anything stupid under these circumstances. He'd wait till he won their confidence, till they gave him a lot more initiative and leeway. Then he'd try something stupid.
~ Bruce Sterling
Recognize that ultimate success comes from opportunistic, bold moves which, by definition, cannot be planned.
~ Bryan Burrough
I think naturally, if you're an actor, there's a high level of assertiveness that you need to have to survive this business. There's boldness in being assertive, and there's strength and confidence.
~ Bryan Cranston
fortune always favors the bold.
~ Buddy Levy
Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
~ Bulgarian Proverb
Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
~ Bulgarian Proverb
Now then, thought I, unconsciously rolling up the sleeves of my frock, here goes for a cool, collected dive at death and destruction, and the devil fetch the hindmost.
~ Herman Melville
Now, art thou the man to pitch a harpoon down a live whale's throat, and then jump after it? Answer, quick!
~ Herman Melville
Woe to him who seeks to please rather than appall.
~ Herman Melville
Pensar é audácia
~ Herman Melville
Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I'd strike the sun if it insulted me.
~ Herman Melville
Success for the most part attends those who act boldly, not those who weigh everything, and are slack to venture.
~ Herodotus
You, you insolent brazen bitch—you really dare to shake that monstrous spear in Father's face?
~ Homer
And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.
~ Homer
Fear not, but be bold: A decent boldness ever meets with friends, succeeds, and e'en a stranger recommends. Odyssey vii. 50.
~ Homer
Tú pasa adentro y no te turbes en tu ánimo, pues un hombre con arrojo resulta ser el mejor en toda acción, aunque llegue de otra tierra.
~ Homero
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "Wow what a ride!
~ Hunter S. Thompson
I never knew where I was going, but I ripped the tits off of everything that got in my way. By the time they figured me out, it was too late.
~ Hunter S. Thompson
I wanted to take off all my clothes and never wear them again.
~ Hunter S. Thompson
When you bring an act into this town, you want to bring it in heavy. Don't waste any time with cheap shucks and misdemeanors. Go straight for the jugular. Get right into felonies.
~ Hunter S. Thompson
I like this book and I especially like the title. Only a fool or a whore would call it anything else.
~ Hunter S. Thompson
They don't expect to win anything, but on the other hand, they have nothing to lose.
~ Hunter S. Thompson
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
~ Ian Fleming