BOLDNESS QUOTES III

quotations about boldness

Bold knaves thrive, without one grain of sense,
But good men starve for want of impudence.

JOHN DRYDEN

Constantine the Great


No one reaches a high position without boldness.

PUBLILIUS SYRUS

Sententiae


Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.

HORACE

Epistles


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


I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Macbeth


Towards great persons use respective boldness.

GEORGE HERBERT

The Church-Porch


Who is so faint, that dares not be so bold
To touch the fire, the weather being cold?

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Venus and Adonis


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