Daring
Daring is an adventurous form of boldness, associated with a willingness to take on risks, or even a desire to seek them out. It is characterized by courage, or showing bravery, but may imply an element of foolhardiness.
Quotes
[edit]- DARING, n. One of the most conspicuous qualities of a man in security.
- Ambrose Bierce, The Cynic's Dictionary (1906); republished as The Devil's Dictionary (1911).
- "There is a steep and lofty wall,
Where my warders trembling stand,
He who at speed shall ride round its height,
For him shall be my hand."- Letitia Elizabeth Landon The Troubadour (1825) Title poem, Canto IV, 'The Proud Ladye'
- And what they dare to dream of, dare to do.
- James Russell Lowell, Ode Recited at the Harvard Commemoration (July 21, 1865), Stanza 3.
- Who dares this pair of boots displace,
Must meet Bombastes face to face.- William B. Rhodes, Bombastes Furioso (1810), Act I, scene 4.
- And dar'st thou then
To beard the lion in his den,
The Douglas in his hall?- Walter Scott, Marmion (1808), Canto VI, Stanza 14.
- I dare do all that may become a man:
Who dares do more, is none.- William Shakespeare, Macbeth (1605), Act I, scene 7, line 47.
- What man dare, I dare:
Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear,
The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger,
Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves
Shall never tremble.- William Shakespeare, Macbeth (1605), Act III, scene 4, line 99.
Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations
[edit]- Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 160.
- A decent boldness ever meets with friends.
- Homer, Odyssey, Pope's translation, Book 7, line 67.
- And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.
- Homer, Odyssey, Pope's translation, Book II, line 312.
- Wer nichts waget der darf nichts hoffen.
- Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.
- Friedrich Schiller, Don Carlos; same idea in Theocritus, XV. 61. Plautus, Asin., I, 3, 65.
- Nemo timendo ad summum pervenit locum.
- No one reaches a high position without daring.
- Syrus, Maxims.
- Audendum est; fortes adjuvat ipsa Venus.
- Dare to act! Even Venus aids the bold.
- Tibullus, Carmina, I, 2, 16.
