Boldness Quotes - Page 2

• A decent boldness ever meets with friends.

  Homer

  Friendship, Confidence, Boldness And Courage

  Homer (2013). “penelopeia, a wife's enduring love”, p.157, Lulu.com

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• The best revenge is the massive success.

  Frank Sinatra

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets: "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now!"

  W. H. Murray

  Inspirational, Dream, Courage

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• I speak the truth, not my fill of it, but as much as I dare speak; and I dare to do so a little more as I grow old.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Life, Success, Truth

  "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Book III, Ch. 2, 1595.

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• [On Russia:] In every way, there is something gigantic about this people: ordinary dimensions have no applications whatever to it. I do not mean by this that true greatness and stability are never met with; but their boldness, their imaginativeness knows no bounds. With them everything is colossal rather than well-proportioned, audacious rather than well-considered, and if they do not attain their goals, it is because they exceed them.

  Madame de Stael

  Mean, Greatness, Russia

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• Courage is grace under pressure.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Inspirational, Positive, Courage

  When asked what he meant by 'guts' in an interview with Dorothy Parker: 'New Yorker' 30 November 1929

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• A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Being Strong, Nature, Character

  Quoted in Colin Jarman The Guinness Dictionary of Sports Quotations (1990).

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• Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.... Do not be frightened from this inquiry from any fear of its consequences. If it ends in the belief that there is no God, you will find incitements to virtue in the comfort and pleasantness you feel in its exercise.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Exercise, Liberty, Comfort

  Thomas Jefferson's letter to Peter Carr, founders.archives.gov. August 10, 1787.

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• The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have otherwise occurred...unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Moving, Commitment, Misunderstood

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• Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in ones favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.

  W. H. Murray

  Inspirational, Moving, Commitment

  "The Scottish Himalaya Expedition". Book by W. H. Murray, 1951.

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• It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness.

  Ninon de L'Enclos

  Men, Modesty, Strange

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• Our solutions must be beyond anything we have ever considered. We should not be afraid to try bold new approaches.

  Mary Landrieu

  Trying, Should, Approach

  "Katrina Inspector General Appointed". www.foxnews.com. September 16, 2005.

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• Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Gun, Second Amendment, Mind Games

  "Jefferson: The face of the modern gun debate" by Christina Zdanowicz, www.cnn.com. July 19, 2013.

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• He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

  Jonathan Swift

  Food, Men, Oysters

  1738 Polite Conversation, dialogue 2.

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• Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind.

  Robert Dale Owen

  Evil, Decision, Engagement

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• Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Religious, Atheist, Fear

  Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). “Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts”, p.90, Rowman & Littlefield

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• I give the name violence to a boldness lying idle and enamored of danger.

  Jean Genet

  Lying, Names, Giving

  Jean Genet, Edmund White (1993). “The selected writings of Jean Genet”, Ecco Pr

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• Few novels or plays could exist without at least one troublemaker in the group, and perhaps life couldn't either.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Play, Groups, Novel

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.88, BookBaby

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• You fall into my arms. You are the good gift of destruction's path, When life sickens more than disease And boldness is the root of beauty - Which draws us together.

  Boris Pasternak

  Life, Fall, Roots

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• Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.

  Jean Anouilh

  Magic, Mind, Genius

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• All classes of society are trade unionists at heart, and differ chiefly in the boldness, ability, and secrecy with which they pursue their respective interests.

  William Stanley Jevons

  Heart, Class, Secrecy

  1882 The State in Relation to Labour, introduction.

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• Nice guys do not finish last. Last place is for the cowards and those too full of fear to take action.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Courage, Fear

  Twitter post from Aug 02, 2013

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• The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.

  Jim Rohn

  Leadership, Being Strong, Business

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 24, 2016

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• Audacious faith is the raw material that authentic Christianity is made of. It's the stuff that triggers ordinarily level-headed people like you and me to start living with unusual boldness.

  Steven Furtick

  People, Stuff, Raw Materials

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• We need to be visionary; we have to be bold.

  Angela Elwell Hunt

  Needs, Visionaries

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