Quotes about Boldness

Men sometimes speak as if humility and meekness would rob us of what is noble and bold and manlike. O that all would believe that this is the nobility of the kingdom of heaven, that this is the royal spirit that the King of heaven displayed, that this is Godlike, to humble oneself, to become the servant of all!

Well," Winston said, "a few of the others are proclaiming 'faith' to be the only answer. Considering our present location, I considered it particularly bold of Mark Twain to loudly refer to their assertion as brownnosing.

The minute you decide to get back in the business the church was commissioned for in the first place, you will pray for boldness.

The leader is the one who has the courage to act on what he sees.

A leader is someone who has the courage to say publicly what everybody else is whispering privately.

Courage establishes leadership.

You can't lead without taking risk. You won't take risk without courage. Courage is essential to leadership.

Courage in a strategic moment can change the playing field dramatically.

Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage assumes fear. If we had waited for our fear to subside before we took that first plunge off of the high-dive, we would all still be standing there waiting. We just jumped anyway. Courage is the willingness to strap on your fear and move ahead.

Past boldness is no assurance of future boldness. Boldness demands continual reliance on God's spirit.

I'm not averse to telling people off.

Freedom lies in being bold.