Bold Quotes
The boldness in this collection is mostly demonstrated rather than described — quotes from people who took a real, costly risk and wrote about the decision afterward, rather than abstract cheerleading for risk-taking in general.
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.”
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.”
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true.”
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them.”
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”