17 Quotes Tagged: boldness

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

The smaller the creature, the bolder its spirit.

Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.

Hesitation creates gaps. Boldness obliterates them.

For fortune having hitherto seconded him in his designs, made him resolute and firm in his opinions, and the boldness of his temper raised a sort of passion in him for surmounting difficulties; as if it were not enough to be always victorious in the field, unless places and seasons and nature herself submitted to him.

It was a pleasure to deal with a man of high ideals, who scorned everything mean and base, and who possessed those robust and hardy qualities of body and mind, for the lack of which no merely negative virtue can ever atone.

It is better to beg forgiveness, than ask permission.

Freedom lies in being bold.

Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the ‘transcendent’ and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Don’t be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish. Picture all experts as if they were mammals. Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will provide plenty of time for silence.

Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead.

Do not wait for a coronation; the greatest emperors crown themselves.

What God says is best, indeed is best, though all men in the world are against it. Seeing, then, that God prefers his religion; seeing God prefers a tender conscience; seeing they that make themselves fools for the kingdom of heaven are wisest; and that the poor man that loveth Christ is richer than the greatest man in the world that hates him: Shame, depart, thou art an enemy to my salvation.

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense,
But good men starve for want of impudence.

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.

People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress.