Quotes About Boldness

They get arrested, and God's angel turns them loose." Several voices joined in laughter. But Peter raised a hand for silence. "Brothers and sisters, it matters not. Perhaps the next time they arrest us we will not be delivered. Nevertheless, we must do as we are commanded. Pray that all of us will continue to have boldness to preach the Word.

To fail spectacularly is a loser's paradise.

It was a brilliant move on my part—if you didn't count the almost-certain-death aspect of the plan.

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

This was what America meant to me: food with a certain shamelessness; lunch with its knickers around its ankles.

Oh, Danny has quite a reputation for headstrongery." "Eh? Headstrongery?" said Mr. Pippit. "What kind of a word is that?" "Kind of nice, isn't it?" Joe said, proudly. "I just invented it. I also invented a motto for him: 'Leap before you look.' My own motto is, 'Sleep before you look.

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.

Le tact dans l'audace, c'est de savoir jusqu'où on peut aller trop loin.

I took the red dress down and put it against myself. 'Does it make me look intemperate and unchaste?' I said.

I will write my name in fire red.

I had started out in life trusting everyone and now I trusted no one. So I had a few acquaintances and no close friends. It was perhaps in reaction against the inevitable loneliness of my life that I'd find myself doing bold, risky, even outrageous things without hesitation or surprise. I was usually disappointed in these adventures and they didn't have much effect on me, good or bad, but I never quite lost the hope of something better or different.

Just you touch me once. You'll soon see if I'm a damn coward like you are.

There is no discovery without risk and what you risk reveals what you value.

I have noticed that doing the sensible thing is only a good idea when the decision is quite small. For the life-changing things, you must risk it.

The only selfish life is a timid one.

The curious are always in some danger.

Lo que arriesgas revela cuánto vales.

To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.

God will not have his work made manifest by cowards. Always, always, always, always, always do what you are afraid to do. Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.

God will not have his work made manifest by cowards

Hire disrespectful people.

I paint as I want to with no holds barred. I am more contented lately than I have been for a long time about my work. But not dangerously so.

If you are wiling to do something that might not work, you are closer to being an artist.

There has to be an element of risk-taking for me in my work.