Daring Quotes - Page 20

• Again, in our enterprises we present the singular spectacle of daring and deliberation, each carried to its highest point, and both united in the same persons; although usually decision is the fruit of ignorance, hesitation of reflection. But the palm of courage will surely be adjudged most justly to those, who best know the difference between hardship and pleasure and yet are never tempted to shrink from danger. In generosity we are equally singular, acquiring our friends by conferring, not by receiving, favours.

  Thucydides

  Ignorance, Reflection, Differences

  Thucydides, Ruth Finnegan “History of Greece”, Lulu.com

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• Enough of satire; in less harden'd times
  Great was her force, and mighty were her rhymes.
  I've read of men, beyond man's daring brave,
  Who yet have trembled at the strokes she gave;
  Whose souls have felt more terrible alarms
  From her one line, than from a world in arms.

  Charles Churchill

  Men, Brave, Soul

  Charles Churchill (1822). “The Poems of Charles Churchill”, p.164

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• I'm really very concerned with helping to create an attitude of freedom and daring toward the craft of photography.

  Jerry Uelsmann

  Photography, Attitude, Crafts

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• The scent organ was playing a delightfully refreshing Herbal Capriccio - rippling arpeggios of thyme and lavender, of rosemary, basil, myrtle, tarragon; a series of daring modulations through the spice keys into ambergris; and a slow return through sandalwood, camphor, cedar and newmown hay (with occasional subtle touches of discord - a whiff of kidney pudding, the faintest suspicion of pig's dung) back to the simple aromatics with which the piece began. The final blast of thyme died away; there was a round of applause; the lights went up.

  Aldous Huxley

  Simple, Keys, Light

  Aldous Huxley (1950). “The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world”

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• Final-offer arbitration should have great appeal for the daring (the risk seekers) who play against the timid (the risk avoiders).

  Howard Raiffa

  Play, Should Have, Risk

  Howard Raiffa (1982). “The Art and Science of Negotiation”, p.118, Harvard University Press

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• I, for one, love strength, daring, fortitude. I do not want people to kill the fight in them; I want them to fight for right things.

  Helen Keller

  Fighting, People, Want

  Helen Keller (2000). “To Love this Life: Quotations”, p.73, American Foundation for the Blind

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• By woe the soul to daring action steals; by woe in plaintless patience it excels.

  Richard Savage

  Soul, Woe, Action

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• Ive been wearing lipstick since I was in 7th grade. That was our form of daring self-expression, because we had to wear uniforms in school. It made our teachers so angry.

  Kourtney Kardashian

  Teacher, School, Self

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• The priest has just baptized you a Christian with water; and I baptize you a Frenchman, daring child, with a dewdrop of champagne on your lips.

  Paul Claudel

  Christian, Children, Wine

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• Even in the most bold and daring acts, courage is a matter of the heart.

  Catherine Martin

  Heart, Matter, Matters Of The Heart

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• The thrill in fashion for me is taking a risk and daring myself to make it work. Even when I go shopping, I always buy something twisted and I know I'm going to have to figure out somehow to pull it off and make it my own.

  Rihanna

  Fashion, Shopping, Risk

  "Rihanna's Fashion Faves". Slide 1, www.seventeen.com. June 27, 2010.

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• The style of writing required in the great world is distinguished by a free and daring grace, a careless security, a fine and sharp polish, a delicate and perfect taste; while that fitted for the people is characterized by a vigorous natural fulness, a profound depth of feeling, and an engaging naivete.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Writing, Profound, Perfect

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• The meaning of words had no longer the same relation to things... Reckless daring was held to be loyal courage; prudent delay was the excuse of a coward; moderation was the disguise of unmanly weakness; to know everything was to do nothing. Frantic energy was the true quality of man.

  Thucydides

  Wisdom, Men, Coward

  Thucydides (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Thucydides (Illustrated)”, p.199, Delphi Classics

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• Don’t die without embracing the daring adventure your life is meant to be. You may go broke. You may experience failure and rejection repeatedly. You may endure multiple dysfunctional relationships. But these are all milestones along the path of a life lived courageously. They are your private victories, carving a deeper space within you to be filled with an abundance of joy, happiness, and fulfillment. So go ahead and feel the fear. Then summon the courage to follow your dreams anyway.

  Steve Pavlina

  Dream, Monday, Adventure

  "The Courage to Live Consciously". www.stevepavlina.com. October 27, 2004.

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• Fidelity is simply daring to be true in small things as well as great.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Fidelity, Being True, Wells

  Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Counsels by the Way”, p.87, Wildside Press LLC

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• I do not think that the nerve of the modern child is any too good; how can one expect it, brought up as they are amongst all the horrors of civilization. The 'daring' child who used to be common enough, is seldom met nowadays.

  Muriel Wace

  Children, Thinking, Civilization

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• It is in vain a daring author thinks of attaining to the heights of Parnassus if he does not feel the secret influence of heaven and if his natal star has not formed him to be a poet.

  Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

  Stars, Thinking, Heaven

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• The most baleful mischiefs may be expected from the unmanly conduct of not daring to face truth because it is unpleasing.

  Thomas Malthus

  Courage, Integrity, Faces

  Thomas Malthus (2015). “An Essay on the Principle of Population and Other Writings”, p.159, Penguin UK

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• The triumph of the Romans was indeed sullied by their treatment of the captive king, whom they hung on a gibbet without the knowledge of their indignant general. This disgraceful act of cruelty which might be imputed to the fury of the troops, was followed by the deliberate murder of Withicab, the son of Vadomair; a German prince, of a weak and sickly constitution, but of a daring and formidable spirit.

  Edward Gibbon

  Kings, Son, History

  Edward Gibbon (1854). “The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire”, p.259

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• Though films become more daring sexually, they are probably less sexy than they ever were. There haven't been any convincing love scenes or romances in the movies in a while. (Nobody even seems to neck in theaters any more.) ... when the mechanics and sadism quotients go up, the movie love interest goes dead, and the film just lies there, giving a certain amount of offense.

  Renata Adler

  Movie, Sexy, Lying

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• It's daring and challenging to be young and poor, but never to be old and poor. Whatever resources of good health, character, and fortitude you bring to retirement, remember, also, to bring money.

  Jane Bryant Quinn

  Retirement, Character, Challenges

  Jane Bryant Quinn (1997). “Making the Most of Your Money”, p.842, Simon and Schuster

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• Even the most daring and accomplished people have undergone tremendous difficulty. In fact, the more successful they became, the more they attributed their success to the lessons learned during their most difficult times. Adversity is our teacher. When we view adversity as a guide towards greater inner growth, we will then learn to accept the wisdom our soul came into this life to learn.

  Barbara Rose

  Teacher, Determination, Adversity

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• Do whatever you please, follow your own star; be original if you want to be and don’t if you don’t want to be. Just be natural and gay and light-hearted and pretty and simple and overflowing and general and baroque and bare and austere and stylised and wild and daring and conservative, and learn and learn and learn. Open your mind to every form of beauty.

  Constance Spry

  Stars, Gay, Simple

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• Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other. All I can do is love her, and love the world, emulate her by living with daring and spirit and joy.

  Jandy Nelson

  Grief, Joy, And Love

  Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.163, Penguin

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• Happiness is worth a daring deed; we are both free if we but will it, and then the game is won.

  Henrik Ibsen

  Games, Deeds, Ifs

  Henrik Ibsen (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henrik Ibsen (Illustrated)”, p.501, Delphi Classics

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