Quotes About Daring

If you're going to do something wrong, do it big, because the punishment is the same either way.

Dream a big dream, a bold dream. Don't play conservatively between the 40 yard lines. Don't just play it safe.

Yeah, I'm a physical kind of guy. I've always liked being physical. It takes a stuntman to really say, 'Look, we don't want you to do this. No, no, I'm serious, you're not going to do this' to get me not to do my stuff.

I wanted to drop three albums in a year because no one had done it. It was bold, unheard of.

As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public art that is daring and, when appropriate, daringly traditional.

There's no experience like going down an empty freeway toward a hurricane and then looking in the opposite lane and seeing bumper-to-bumper traffic, people fleeing that scene. Or going to a toxic spill and seeing people go the other way. You talk yourself into thinking you're invincible in order to do that.

The political hero is not like the sports champion or matinee idol or daring inventor; like the war hero, he is born only of tragedy.

I'm not just a biker. I trail run. I have no problem with heights. I'm a thrill seeker.

Harriet Do you actually like haggis Charlie No, I think it's repellent in every way. In fact, I think most Scottish cuisine is based on a dare.

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.

Having guts always works out for me.

That is how our arch-adventurer likes to live, moving on from explosion to explosion of fortune and misfortune.

Con desprecio, rechaza aquel instante al pusilánime. Con brazos ardientes, como otro Dios sobre la tierra, encumbra al cielo de los héroes tan solo a los audaces.

Sometimes, when you do something daring, something that will change the rest of your life, you have to tell yourself, step by step, what it is you are doing. You have to go over it and over it so as not to lose heart.

The earth is enjoyed by heroes"—this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, "I have no fear.

The good stupid is the brave kind. When there's a real reason behind. Bad stupid is everything else.

Reach for something out of the ordinary. You must dare to even come close.

Luck always favors those who are bold.

You want to know something? Honestly, I was relieved. What a coward, huh? I don't think so. Oh, yes. I am. A big coward. That's why I just keep daring myself to do things I'm afraid of doing. He had a notion. Such things like? Like bringing you up here to my room.

What about your play, Terry? Pushing past the little brother into the office. Like you didn't think that would start some shit. You pushed the action with that little move and you know it.

It was a long shot but Ballard knew that long shots never paid off if you didn't take them.

You have done the work of a mere man, the tengol continued, "and not a proper hero. A hero does what no man dares to undertake.

It's better, really, to go out in a blaze. That's why we love Marilyn, and James Dean. We love the ones who walk right into the fire.