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Quotes About Fearlessness

Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.
~ Billie Jean King
It takes courage to dream big and then to allow nothing to prevent you from realizing that dream.
~ Tony DiCicco
There's no substitute for guts.
~ Bear Bryant
Get in front of the ball, you won't get hurt. That's what you've got a chest for, young man.
~ John McGraw
It feels good to show some courage.
~ Joe Namath
Jeder intelligente Narr kann Dinge größer und komplexer machen. Es braucht ein Stück Genialität – und jede Menge Mut -, sich in die entgegengesetzte Richtung zu bewegen.
~ Albert Einstein
cela faisait sans doute bien longtemps qu'elle ne craignait plus l'irruption de l'absurde dans la géométrie du bon sens.
~ Alessandro Baricco
E per un attimo le tornò quell'argentea sfrontatezza che aveva da giovane, quando sapeva di non essere né peggio né meglio di tanti altri, ma solamente diversa, in un modo prezioso e inevitabile. Era quando tutto le faceva paura, ma ancora non aveva paura di niente.
~ Alessandro Baricco
Sure of himself, convinced of his own power, certain that the laws which rule other men could not reach him, he went straight to the object he aimed at, even were this object were so elevated and so dazzling that it would have been madness for any other even to have contemplated it.
~ Alexander Dumas
Want of courage is the last thing to be pardoned by young men, who usually look upon bravery as the chief of all human virtues, and the excuse for every possible fault.
~ Alexander Pushkin
I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.
~ Alexandre Dumas
Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.
~ Alexandre Dumas
My son, be worthy of your noble name, worthily borne by your ancestors for over five hundred years. Remember it's by courage, and courage alone, that a nobleman makes his way nowadays. Don't be afraid of opportunities, and seek out adventures. My son, all I have to give you is fifteen ecus, my horse, and the advice you've just heard. Make the most of these gifts, and have a long, happy life.
~ Alexandre Dumas
He was a fine, tall, slim young fellow, with black eyes, and hair as dark as the raven's wing; and his whole appearance bespoke that calmness and resolution peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend with danger.
~ Alexandre Dumas
Never fear quarrels, but seek adventures. I have taught you how to handle a sword; you have thews of iron, a wrist of steel. Fight on all occasions. Fight the more for duels being forbidden, since consequently there is twice as much courage in fighting. I have nothing to give you, my son, but fifteen crowns, my horse, and the counsels you have just heard.
~ Alexandre Dumas
It concerns the point at which courage is the logical and sometimes the only possible outcome of integrity.
~ Donald Spoto
She taught us to ask. Never be afeared to look dumb. 'Cause looking dumb don't matter. Being dumb, that matter. So just ask. And if you don't get a straight answer, then go seeking. No matter what it is. Just go seeking.
~ Donna Jo Napoli
They said my heart's desire aloud, giving me the courage to acknowledge it.
~ Donna Jo Napoli
Donna Woolfolk Cross
~ and the Daughter.
If the next blood to be spilled here was his, he would bear it as a samurai should. For death, he reminded himself, comes to all. The only way to meet it is with courage. ~ Seikei
~ Dorothy Hoobler
If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.
~ Doug Coupland
Cowards die many times before their death. The valiant never taste of death but once." —Shakespeare (Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene II)
~ Douglas E. Richards
Die? That is the last thing I shall do!
~ Douglas Fairbanks
There are two kinds of courage: the courage that holds things together and the courage that throws them away. The first is more common; it is the cement of civilization; it is Lucy's. The second is the courage of drunks and suicides and mystics.
~ Douglas Glover