Quotes About Fearlessness

If women were cowards, there wouldn't be babies, Sir Ringwood.

No, she who rides the tiger can never dismount!

As the Duke of Wellington put it, "No man fears to do that which he knows he does well.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it. —Thucydides

If I could stand in an open airplane doorway two-and-a-half miles above the ground and will myself to step into empty space, then I could do anything.

there is always a better choice than cowardice, if you have business to take care of." Then he laughed and shook his head. "One day, long ago, my life was shaped and my fate was fixed. Fearlessness is better than a faint heart for any man who puts his nose out of doors. The length of my life and the day of my death were fated long ago. But how I live, and how I die, that is my choice.

What would you do if you knew you couldn't fail?

Perhaps a hero is someone who doesn't register his own vulnerability. Is it courage, then, if you're too daft to know you're mortal?

Failure is an option, fear is not.

No regrets or worries from living an open book life

I'm crazy, boy. I'm a madman. I could eat both of you for dinner and love every bite.

Si no estas asustado. No eres humano

Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.

Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery - courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things.

a fear-driven spirituality will always diminish rather than enlarge.

If you want a decision, go to the point of danger.

In Ignatian spirituality there is nothing that you have to put in a box and hide. Nothing has to be feared. Nothing has to be hidden away. Everything can be opened up

I thought about the type of person who would steal a sled from Bigs Maloney. The thief would have to be brave, big, and tough. And more than a little crazy. Only a nut would mess with Bigs Maloney. It was my job to find the thief. And then, if I could, to stop Bigs from ripping off the poor guy's arms and legs.

Yeesh. I didn't exactly love the idea of racing against Bigs Maloney. I'd rather go swimming with Orca the Killer Whale.

Never trust those who would be your shield. They feed on your ignorance and darkness. It is best to look at things directly and be unafraid.

If your deepest self is singing and coaxing you straight toward the bonfire, it it better to turn away? Or- like Boris- is it better to throw yourself head first and laughing into the holy rage calling your name?

Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service.

I have nothing to lose,' Marthe said. 'So nothing can harm me.

You certainly don't fuck about trying to ride manta rays.