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Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiation - creation - there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans.
Sep 10, 2025
Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
A decent boldness ever meets with friends.
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, the providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favour all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way.
All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.
Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.
Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.
Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.
Concerning all acts of initiative 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.
I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets: "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now!"
Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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 ones favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.
The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. -
the overwhelming majority of people who are engaged in the processes of thought and expression are Democrats because the essence of thought is exploration and diversity and change. It's impossible to have vision in art or government without risk, or the boldness and courage which produce risk. And this - in spite of what they call modern Republicanism - is the antithesis of true Republican thinking.
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
The best revenge is the massive success.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have otherwise occurred...unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
Courage is not the absence of fear...
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that
All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.
Something is not yet right and ripe in our human society at the beginning of the 21st century and third millennium: missing is an unprecedented vision, boldness and courage to fashion a new, promising, better future. Our beliefs, society, ways of life, institutions and future goals must be reviewed and reappraised fundamentally from scratch.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.
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