Quotes About Foolhardiness

Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.

Am I dealing with stubbornness, idiocy, or some combination of the two?" "-Cam Rohan

There's a fine line between audacity and idiocy.

Do you know the difference between courage and foolhardiness, Dresden?" "Any insurance adjuster would say no." He waved a hand at my banter, as though that was all the acknowledgment it deserved. "Hindsight," he said. "Until the extended consequences of any action are known, it is both courageous and foolish. And neither." "Well," I said, "tonight you earned yourself a Schrödinger's Medal, I guess.

You look at a guy who's being brave. He's afraid or he wouldn't be brave. If he isn't afraid he's stupid.

Brave' covers everything from complete insanity and bloody disregard of other people's lives - generals tend to go in for that sort - to drunkenness, foolhardiness, and outright idiocy - to the sort of thing that will make a man sweat and tremble and throw up . . . and go and do what he thinks he has to do anyway.

We were invincible because we were eighteen and stupid.

What arrogance made us think we were far enough to be safe?

To a coward, courage always looks like stupidity.

There's no point in sticking your pecker down a gun barrel to pee on the bullet, just to prove you have balls. That's a one-time deal and they don't give medals to peckerless pilots.

To try to win always is foolishness, and to try and win at any cost is foolhardiness. Venture out with openness to lose too. Losing in awareness often gives you learning and wisdom. Grow taller in your loss, bounce back and rise; simply MickeyMize.