Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.

On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.

I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

BOLDNESS

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. ......Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great. …….John Dryden

Boldness be my friend. ……..William Shakespeare

Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences
whence it is bad in council though good in execution. ……..Francis Bacon

Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition,
in having to put forth the best within you. …..Henry J. Kaiser

Fortune favors the bold, but abandons the timid. ……Virgil

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful ……..William Shakespeare

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess. …….Sir Isaac Newton.

Men of principles are always bold, but all bold men are not always men of principle. ……..Confucius

Be bold . . . and mighty forces will come to your aid. …….Basil King

He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead,

For she is wont to favor the bold. ……Baltasar Gracian

Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences; whence it is bad in council though good in execution. ……Francis Bacon

Boldness is a command to deliver mental resources. ….Norman Vincent Peale

No great discovery was ever made without a Bold guess …….Sir Isaac Newton

The Brave and Bold persist, even against fortune;
the Timid and Cowardly rush to despair, though fear alone …….Publius Cornelius Tacitus

Fortune favors the Bold, but abandons the Timid. ……Latin Proverb

Virtue is Bold, and goodness never fearful. ……… William Shakespeare

Be Bold in what you stand for and Careful what you fall for. …….Ruth Boorstin
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