Quotes About Boldness

it seemed the sanest and most logical course: if the world was on fire, you might as well burn bright.

When Lexie ordered from a menu, she never said, "Could I have . . . ?" She said, "I'll have . . ." confidently, as if she had only to say it to make it so.

Warrior" here is a translation of the Tibetan word pawo. Pa means "brave," and wo makes it "a person who is brave." The warrior tradition we are discussing is a tradition of bravery. You might have the idea of a warrior as someone who wages war. But in this case, we are not talking about warriors as those who engage in warfare. Warriorship here refers to fundamental bravery and fearlessness. Warriorship

When I'm old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say, "Wow, that was an adventure", not, "Wow, I sure felt safe." - Tom Preston-Werner

Be courageous enough to be honest.

The third gift is Courage. May you speak and act with confidence and use courage to follow your own path.

One of the wonderful things about beer is that a little bit, sipped at the proper speed, can give one the courage to do and say things one would ordinarily not have the courage to even dream of doing and saying.

The difference between a brave man and a coward is a coward thinks twice before jumping in the cage with a lion. The brave man doesn't know what a lion is. He just thinks he does.

Please, sir, I want some more.

When a plunge is to be made into the water, it's of no use lingering on the bank.

What a fine thing capital punishment is! Dead men never repent; dead men never bring awkward stories to light. The prospect of the gallows, too, makes them hardy and bold. Ah, it's a fine thing for the trade! Five of them strung up in a row, and none left to play booty or turn white-livered!

Playful -- playful warbler,' said Mr Pecksniff. It may be observed in connection with his calling his daughter a 'warbler,' that she was not at all vocal, but that Mr Pecksniff was in the frequent habit of using any word that occurred to him as having a good sound, and rounding a sentence well without much care for its meaning. And he did this so boldly, and in such an imposing manner, that he would sometimes stagger the wisest people with his eloquence, and make them gasp again.

Say a good fellow, if you want a phrase,' returned Herbert, smiling, and clapping his hand on the back of mine: 'a good fellow, with impetuosity and hesitation, boldness and diffidence, action and dreaming curiously mixed in him.

put his foot where he cannot see the ground.

1:16 — I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes. We must never feel ashamed of our connection to Christ or the salvation He freely offers to all. It is a high privilege to represent Him, and we must do so with boldness and enthusiasm.

His voice leads us not into timid discipleship but into bold witness.

What I'm certain I don't want is to find myself someday in a new century, an old bitter woman looking back, wishing that right now I'd had more nerve.

In these circumstances I think we must take the bull by the horns... and, making due allowances, quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

The universe always wagers — life is risk.

Better dead sure than sure dead.

Nothing risqué, nothing gained.

Skipping turns — moping into hoping, pity into giddy, sad into glad, lazy into crazy, old into bold, tired into wired!

You know you're a skydiver when you are thinking about taking all the but the driver's seats out of your car.