Boldness

The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.

We will never have all the facts to make a perfect judgement, but with the aid of basic experience we must leap bravely into the future.

Do your little bit of good where you are;it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within.

Books written out of fire give me a great deal of pleasure. You get the sense that the world for these writers could not have continued if the book hadn't been written. When you come across a book like that it is a privilege.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

Adversity is the first path to truth

The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.

I believe in clear-cut positions. I think that the most arrogant position is this apparent, multidisciplinary modesty of "what I am saying now is not unconditional, it is just a hypothesis," and so on. It really is a most arrogant position. I think that the only way to be honest and expose yourself to criticism is to state clearly and dogmatically where you are. You must take the risk and have a position.

I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see. And pursuing that vision.

Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy. Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear creeps in. Without serendipity, there are no surprises.

"Dr. King didn't get famous giving a speech that said,"I have a complaint."

It is only by following your deepest instinct that you can lead a rich life, and if you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, then your life will be safe, expedient and thin.

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters - one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

What you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

Fortune favors the bold.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature nor do the children of men, as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

If the future is to remain open and free,
we need people who can tolerate the unknown,
who will not need the support of completeley
worked-out systems or traditional blueprints from the past.

Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight.

I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

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 one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no one could have dreamed would have come his or her way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.

Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.

A garden was the primitive prison till man with Promethean felicity and boldness luckily sinned himself out of it.

I dare to do all that may become a man: who dares do more is none.

Virtue is bold and goodness never fearful.

I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.