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.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

DARE

Where is the man who has Dared to do such a thing? ……..Esther 7:5

Dare to be naive. …….Buckminster Fuller

Only those who Dare to fail greatly,
can ever achieve greatly. ……..Robert F. Kennedy

He who would begun has half done.
Dare to be wise; begin. …….Horace
We fail more often by timidity than by Daring. …….David Grayson

It is not because things are difficult that we do not Dare,
it is because we do not Dare that they are difficult. ………Seneca

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share;
Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who Dare. …….V oltaire

To Dare is to lose one's footing momentarily.
To not Dare is to lose oneself. …….Soren Kierkegaard

Dare to risk public criticism. ……Mary Kay Ash

One must work and Dare if one really wants to live. …….Vincent Van Gogh
There's something liberating about not pretending.
Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk. …….Drew Barrymore

Dare to be honest and fear no labor. ……Robert Burns

Power is given only to those who Dare to lower themselves and pick it up.
Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to Dare! …….Fyodor Dostoevsky

Art means to Dare - and to have been right. ……..Ned Rorem

Dare and the world yields,
or if it beats you sometimes,
Dare it again and you will succeed. ………William Makepeace Thakeray

Those who can bear all, can Dare all. …..Marquis de Vauvenargues

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