Quotes about Daring

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.

Here is what I'd like to tell. I'd like to tell a story about how Moira escaped, for good this time. Or if I couldn't tell that, I'd like to say she blew up Jezebel's, with fifty Commanders inside it. I'd like her to end with something daring and spectacular, some outrage, something that would befit her. But as far as I know that didn't happen. I don't know how she ended, or even if she did, because I never saw her again.

The creative spirit thrives on freedom and daring. Many of history's most creative women have not been married. As for the priestesses of olden times, don't even think about it. Priestesses were spiritual mermaids, and a lot of men were drowning.

We must substitute courage for caution.

Scientists tend to risk theories they admire

Be daring enough to be different, humble enough to make mistakes, wild enough to be burnt in the fire of love, real enough to make others see how phony you are.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

And I hate to see artists who are real safe. I love to see artists swing for the fences sometimes.

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.

It might take just as much effort to fit in as it does to stand out, because you're standing up for yourself. It's those who take a risk and take chances who achieve greatness. Those who play it safe never can.