Fay Weldon Quotes

I'm fearless, to a degree.

It needs courage to throw oneself forward, but it needs no less to hold oneself back.

If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.

Be valyaunt, but not too venturous. Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly.

I am sufficiently wary of dangerous situations, but I'm not scared of having a go.

I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk.

You must be wise, but not too wise.

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

It's fair to say that I have a side that is prudent and a side that is not.

I think I invented the phrase 'Don't overdo it.'

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

I am bound to add that the excess in too little has ever proved in me more dangerous than the excess in too much; the last may cause indigestion, but the first causes death.

Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.

It's not that I'm a daredevil. But I'm just generally not a fearful person. I don't conduct my life worrying about what could happen, what may happen.

We cannot play with fear nor with too much confidence.

Fearless doesn't mean careless. There is a thin line between fearless and careless. I think we need to play fearless.

You want to play as much as possible, but I am not the type of character to go bursting walls down.

I'm more the kind of man who never makes decisions. But impulsivity is not the opposite of courage; I think it's possible to do both.

Avoid Extremes; and shun the fault of such Who still are pleas'd too little or too much.

The brave are parsimonious of threats.

Spirit is now a very fashionable word: to act with Spirit, to speak with Spirit, means only to act rashly, and to talk indiscreetly. An able man shows his Spirit by gentle words and resolute actions; he is neither hot nor timid.

Everything should be done with moderation and using common sense.

True courage lies in the middle, between cowardice and recklessness.

Moderation in all things. And even moderation in moderation. Don't get too much moderation, you know?