Quotes About Boldness

cut the beast's head clean

El león cobarde

The True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God

I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets: "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now!"

It is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right.

I think the movies that don't try to please people are movies that you respect more in the end.

Darlin', you are all female but not in the least little bit weak.

There's nothing childish about me, sweetheart.

We need writers who fear nothing. ("Our Goal")

Copiii sunt singurii filozofi care au curaj. Si filozofii curajosi sunt neaparat niste copii.

If you are only worried about not making a mistake then you will communicate nothing

when you summon the courage to do what others won't, you will have in life what others don't.

I will tell you what this people need, with regard to preaching; you need, figuratively, to have it rain pitchforks, tines downwards, from this pulpit, Sunday after Sunday. Instead of the smooth, beautiful, sweet, still, silk-velvet-lipped preaching, you should have sermons like peals of thunder, and perhaps we then can get the scales from our eyes.

The timid die of hunger, the bold of overeating.

The more boldly a man dares, the more richly his land bears

This time, Fusako was able to express herself with fluency and candor. The bold letters she had been writing week after week had granted her an unexpected new freedom.

He radiated the innocence that marks the absolute rejection of prudence.

Kiyoaki's pride was hurt. Satoko, with a boldness that might be construed as unfeminine, had pointed out the dog's corpse, ignoring its ominous implications. She had adopted a suitably pleasant and straightforward tone of voice, which bore witness to her elegant upbringing; she had the freshness of ripe fruit in a crystal bowl. Kiyoaki was ashamed of his hesitation, and felt cowed by Satoko's capacity for directness.

Et maintenant, je n'ai plus peur de Le voir, Car si je Le vois, je Lui crache à la gueule...

Occasionally, there arises a writing situation where you see an alternative to what you are doing, a mad, wild gamble of a way for handling something, which may leave you looking stupid, ridiculous or brilliant -- you just don't know which. You can play it safe there, too, and proceed along the route you'd mapped out for yourself. Or you can trust your personal demon who delivered that crazy idea in the first place. Trust your demon.

Confidence is Going after Moby Dick in a rowboat, And taking the tarter sauce with you. A Bullfighter who goes in the ring with mustard on his sword.

Courage is not the absence of fear; it's going ahead despite the fear.

What does one wear when one goes to give one's father hell?