quotations about boldness
By boldness great fears are concealed.
LUCAN
De Bello Civili
And as she looked about, she did behold
How over that same door was likewise writ,
Be bold, be bold, and everywhere Be bold,
That much she mus'd, yet could not construe it
By any riddling skill or common wit.
At last she spied at that room's upper end
Another iron door, on which was writ,
Be not too bold; whereto though she did bend
Her earnest mind, yet wist not what it might intend.
EDMUND SPENSER
Faerie Queene
You will never be as young or as beautiful as you are today. Be bold. Seize the life that was meant to be yours. Make it magnificent.
HANNAH RICHELL
The Peacock Summer
Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
FRANCIS BACON
Essays
You have to take your own bold approach, and if you do you will be rewarded with success. Or calamitous failure. That can happen too.
STEVEN MOFFAT
attributed, Inspired Reflections on Success
Towards great persons use respective boldness.
GEORGE HERBERT
The Church-Porch
The gods look with favor on superior daring.
CIVILIS
attributed, Tacitus' History
Who is so faint, that dares not be so bold
To touch the fire, the weather being cold?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Venus and Adonis
Tremble little lion man,
You'll never settle any of your scores
Your grace is wasted in your face,
Your boldness stands alone among the wreck
MUMFORD & SONS
"Little Lion Man"
He died ... as bold as brass.
GEORGE PARKER
Life's Painter
In conversation boldness now bears sway;
But know, that nothing can so foolish be
As empty boldness.
GEORGE HERBERT
The Church-Porch