quotations about boldness
Boldness in business is the first, second, and third thing.
THOMAS FULLER
Gnomologia
Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.
HORACE
Epistles
Bold knaves thrive, without one grain of sense,
But good men starve for want of impudence.
JOHN DRYDEN
Constantine the Great
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
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
Towards great persons use respective boldness.
GEORGE HERBERT
The Church-Porch
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Macbeth
He died ... as bold as brass.
GEORGE PARKER
Life's Painter
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"
In conversation boldness now bears sway;
But know, that nothing can so foolish be
As empty boldness.
GEORGE HERBERT
The Church-Porch