Audacity – Quotes

audacity is of all

audacity is of all qualities the most youthful. Ellen Glasgow

All miracles are promised to faith, and what is faith except the audacity of will which does not hesitate in the darkness, but advances towards the light in spite of all ordeals, and surmounting all obstacles? Eliphas Levi

The great characteristic of

The great characteristic of men of active genius is a sublime self-confidence, springing not from self-conceit, but from an intense identification of the man with his object, which lifts him altogether above the fear of danger and death, which gives to his enterprise a character of insanity to the common eye, and which communicates an … Read more

There\\’s the brilliant audacity

There’s the brilliant audacity of youth that poets strike upon in their earliest work sometimes that they never can hit upon again. Edward Hirsch

I am delighted, one

I am delighted, one more time, by the daring of my species and the audacity of our flying machines. There is poetry and music in our technology, a beauty as touching as that of eagle, moss campion, raven or yonder limestone boulder shining under the Arctic sun. Edward Abbey

The opponent strikes you

The opponent strikes you on your cheek, and you strike him on the heart by your amazing spiritual audacity in turning the other cheek. You wrest the offensive from him by refusing to take his weapons, by keeping your own, and by striking him in his conscience from a higher level. He hits you physically, … Read more

In an election, one

In an election, one needs both hope and audacity. Francois Hollande

What price would God

What price would God demand from the churches for having the audacity to lighten the color of his son’s skin, and straighten out his nappy hair? Dick Gregory

All I asked was

All I asked was that I be spared surprises, although, in this world of six billion souls, all acting with free will and too many with audacity, surprises are inevitable, too few of them are the kind that make you smile and that lift your heart. Dean Koontz

We have the audacity

We have the audacity to look God in the face and say, ‘No.’ David Platt