The devil's happy when the critics run you off.

A bold onset is half the battle.

Where Necessity pinches, Boldness is Prudence.

...fling yourself straight into life, without deliberation; don't be afraid-the flood will bear you to the bank and set you safe on your feet again.

Yield not thy neck To fortunes yoke, but let thy dauntless mind Still ride in triumph over all mischance.

Plunge into the deep without fear, with the gladness of April in your heart.

If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth, they have not often let their presence be known.

Men of principle are always bold, but bold men are not always men of principle.

Fortune and Love befriend the bold.

Even God lends a hand to honest boldness.

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

The best mask for demoralization is daring.

In difficult situations when hope seems feeble, the boldest plans are safest.

It is the bold man who every time does best, at home or abroad.

A decent boldness ever meets with friends.

The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.

Boldness, without the rules of propriety, becomes insubordination.

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.

If there are still men who really want to live in this world, they should first dare to speak out, to laugh, to cry, to be angry, to accuse, to fight-that they may at least cleanse this accursed place of its accursed atmosphere!

Errors and exaggerations do not matter. What matters is boldness in thinking with a strong-pitched voice, in speaking out about things as one feels them in the moment of speaking; in having the temerity to proclaim what one believes to be true without fear of the consequences. If one were to await the possession of the absolute truth, one must be either a fool or a mute. If the creative impulse were muted, the world would then be stayed on its march.