Quotes About Boldness

Necessity makes even the timid brave.

As one skeleton said to the other - if I had any guts I'd get the heck out of here.

I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.

The man who makes no mistakes lacks boldness and the spirit of adventure. He never tries anything new. He is a brake on the wheels of progress.

Never retract, never explain, never apologize - get the thing done and let them howl.

Prayer is a kind of calling home every day. And there can come to you a serenity, a feeling of at-homeness in God's universe, a peace that the world can neither give nor disturb, a fresh courage, a new insight, a holy boldness that you'll never, never get any other way.

The clue is not to ask in a miserly way-the key is to ask in a grand manner.

Half the unhappiness in life comes from people being afraid to go straight at things.

When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

Tell your master that if there were as many devils at Worms as tiles on its roofs, I would enter.

Go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize after something's been done than to get permission ahead of time.

Dancing on the edge is the only place to be.

All life is a chance. So take it! The person who goes furthest is the one who is willing to do and dare.

It is only by risking ... that we live at all.

Diane von Furstenberg

To live without risk for me would be tantamount to death.

It's only when we have nothing else to hold onto that we're willing to try something very audacious and scary.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

Unless you enter the tiger's den, you cannot take the cubs.

Taking risks gives me energy.

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small steps.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

Danger can never by overcome without taking risks.

The only things you regret are the things you don't do.