Quotes About Boldness

Timidity has no place in the realm of power; you will often benefit, however, by being able to feign it. At that point, of course, it is no longer timidity but an offensive weapon: You are luring people in with your show of shyness, all the better to pounce on them boldly later.

Boldness and hesitation elicit very different psychological responses in their targets: Hesitation puts obstacles in your path, boldness eliminates them.

Let us drink to pointless heroism.

History wasn't made without taking risks, that much he knew. So maybe sometimes you had to take risks to write it, too?

You come back here, or I'll hero you! I'll thump you so you think you've had an adventure!

The weak must be bold cautiously.

Some men would call it brash, foolhardy, suicidal. The world was rarely changed by men who were unwilling to try being at least one of the three.

was always a way for those who were cautious, while those fell who called caution cowardice.

Sometimes"— he gave a meaningful look at Tam—"you have to take a chance, even if it's a poor one.

You say you won't take risks, but you will. And when you do, you'll make anything Beslan and I might try look like an evening stroll in the garden. With you around, even the barber is blind.

Spy a striking new tack to take with a problem? Don't worry about elaborate scientific controls for now: Just get hysterical and do it

His final words were reported to be, "Kiss my ass.

In today's rapidly changing world, the people who are not taking risk are the risk takers.

It's not the smart that get ahead, but the bold.

Life is a matter of luck, and the odds in favor of success are in no way enhanced by extreme caution. — WWII German U-Boat Commander Eric Topp

The best way to treat your fears is to kiss them on the nose, and they disappear.

Often in the real world, it's not the smart that get ahead, but the bold.

Often in the real world, it's not the smart who get ahead, but the bold. Last night, I took a break from writing and watched a TV program on the history of a young man named Alexander Graham Bell.

So when you're in doubt and feeling a little afraid, just do what Colonel Sanders did to his little chicken. He fried it.

Winning means being unafraid to lose." In

You chose to play it safe.

Con frecuencia, quienes prosperan en el mundo real no son los inteligentes sino los temerarios.

Yet as a teacher, I recognized that it was excessive fear and self-doubt that were the greatest detractors of personal genius. It broke my heart to see students know the answers, yet lack the courage to act on the answer. Often in the real world, it's not the smart who get ahead, but the bold.

He'd always say, "If you want to get rich, you need to learn how to take risks. Learn to be an investor.