Daring Quotes - Page 19

• What is more useful than fire? Yet if any one prepares to burn a house, it is with fire that he arms his daring hands.

  Ovid

  Fire, Hands, House

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• Dare to do something worth of exile and prison if you mean to be anybody. Virtue is praised and left to freeze.
  [Lat., Aude aliquid brevibus Gyaris et carcere dignum
  Si vis esse aliquis. Probitas laudatur et alget.]

  Juvenal

  Mean, Prison, Virtue

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• Terrible as is war, it yet displays the spiritual grandeur of man daring to defy his mightiest hereditary enemy--death.

  Heinrich Heine

  Spiritual, War, Men

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• Enough of satire; in less harden'd times
  Great was her force, and mighty were her rhymes.
  I've read of men, beyond man's daring brave,
  Who yet have trembled at the strokes she gave;
  Whose souls have felt more terrible alarms
  From her one line, than from a world in arms.

  Charles Churchill

  Men, Brave, Soul

  Charles Churchill (1822). “The Poems of Charles Churchill”, p.164

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• I'm really very concerned with helping to create an attitude of freedom and daring toward the craft of photography.

  Jerry Uelsmann

  Photography, Attitude, Crafts

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• The scent organ was playing a delightfully refreshing Herbal Capriccio - rippling arpeggios of thyme and lavender, of rosemary, basil, myrtle, tarragon; a series of daring modulations through the spice keys into ambergris; and a slow return through sandalwood, camphor, cedar and newmown hay (with occasional subtle touches of discord - a whiff of kidney pudding, the faintest suspicion of pig's dung) back to the simple aromatics with which the piece began. The final blast of thyme died away; there was a round of applause; the lights went up.

  Aldous Huxley

  Simple, Keys, Light

  Aldous Huxley (1950). “The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world”

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• It is in vain a daring author thinks of attaining to the heights of Parnassus if he does not feel the secret influence of heaven and if his natal star has not formed him to be a poet.

  Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

  Stars, Thinking, Heaven

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• Though films become more daring sexually, they are probably less sexy than they ever were. There haven't been any convincing love scenes or romances in the movies in a while. (Nobody even seems to neck in theaters any more.) ... when the mechanics and sadism quotients go up, the movie love interest goes dead, and the film just lies there, giving a certain amount of offense.

  Renata Adler

  Movie, Sexy, Lying

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• It's daring and challenging to be young and poor, but never to be old and poor. Whatever resources of good health, character, and fortitude you bring to retirement, remember, also, to bring money.

  Jane Bryant Quinn

  Retirement, Character, Challenges

  Jane Bryant Quinn (1997). “Making the Most of Your Money”, p.842, Simon and Schuster

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• The thrill in fashion for me is taking a risk and daring myself to make it work. Even when I go shopping, I always buy something twisted and I know I'm going to have to figure out somehow to pull it off and make it my own.

  Rihanna

  Fashion, Shopping, Risk

  "Rihanna's Fashion Faves". Slide 1, www.seventeen.com. June 27, 2010.

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• The style of writing required in the great world is distinguished by a free and daring grace, a careless security, a fine and sharp polish, a delicate and perfect taste; while that fitted for the people is characterized by a vigorous natural fulness, a profound depth of feeling, and an engaging naivete.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Writing, Profound, Perfect

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• Even in the most bold and daring acts, courage is a matter of the heart.

  Catherine Martin

  Heart, Matter, Matters Of The Heart

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• Ive been wearing lipstick since I was in 7th grade. That was our form of daring self-expression, because we had to wear uniforms in school. It made our teachers so angry.

  Kourtney Kardashian

  Teacher, School, Self

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• By woe the soul to daring action steals; by woe in plaintless patience it excels.

  Richard Savage

  Soul, Woe, Action

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• Final-offer arbitration should have great appeal for the daring (the risk seekers) who play against the timid (the risk avoiders).

  Howard Raiffa

  Play, Should Have, Risk

  Howard Raiffa (1982). “The Art and Science of Negotiation”, p.118, Harvard University Press

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• I do not think that the nerve of the modern child is any too good; how can one expect it, brought up as they are amongst all the horrors of civilization. The 'daring' child who used to be common enough, is seldom met nowadays.

  Muriel Wace

  Children, Thinking, Civilization

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• The triumph of the Romans was indeed sullied by their treatment of the captive king, whom they hung on a gibbet without the knowledge of their indignant general. This disgraceful act of cruelty which might be imputed to the fury of the troops, was followed by the deliberate murder of Withicab, the son of Vadomair; a German prince, of a weak and sickly constitution, but of a daring and formidable spirit.

  Edward Gibbon

  Kings, Son, History

  Edward Gibbon (1854). “The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire”, p.259

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• Strive for originality in thought and action. Be first; Be different; And be daring. Only then will you make a significant difference in this world. You may even attain greatness.

  Ernie J Zelinski

  Greatness, Differences, Firsts

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• But being overborne with numbers, and nobody daring to face about, stretching out his hands to heaven, [Romulus] prayed to Jupiter to stop the army, and not to neglect but maintain the Roman cause, now in extreme danger. The prayer was no sooner made, than shame and respect for their king checked many; the fears of the fugitives changed suddenly into confidence.

  Plutarch

  Kings, Prayer, Army

  Plutarch (2015). “Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans: Top Biography”, p.40, 谷月社

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• I'm not a parenting expert. In fact, I'm not sure that I even believe in the idea of 'parenting experts.' I'm an engaged, imperfect parent and a passionate researcher. I'm an experienced mapmaker and a stumbling traveler. Like many of you, parenting is by far my boldest and most daring adventure.

  Brené Brown

  Believe, Adventure, Ideas

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, andLead”, p.216, Penguin

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• To be successful, you must be daring, be first and be different.

  Ray Kroc

  Successful, Different, Firsts

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• We're comfortable with women in certain roles but not comfortable with women expressing anger or fully accepting their power. The most daring question a woman can ask is, 'What do I want?'

  Libba Bray

  Want, Roles, Accepting

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• My Real Children starts quietly, then suddenly takes you on two roller-coaster rides at once, swooping dizzily through a double panorama and ending in a sort of super Sophie's Choice. A daring tour de force.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Children, Real, Two

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• Abyss-mongering makes professors and poets feel daring.

  Mason Cooley

  Poetry, Professors, Abyss

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• Lord, I fashion dark gods, too,
  Daring even to give You
  Dark despairing features

  Countee Cullen

  God, Fashion, Dark

  Countee Cullen (2013). “Countee Cullen: Collected Poems: (American Poets Project #32)”, p.66, Library of America

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