Baltasar Gracian Quotes

Without courage we will simply accumulate a collection of good ideas and regrets.

I am not going to do anything unless I am afraid of it.

It is only through timidity that states are lost.

I'm never scared, they never real, I never run. When all is said and done, more is always said than done.

Only those who never step, never stumble.

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

I don’t care about risk, honestly. The riskiest thing to do is not to act. I would far rather try and fail than fail not trying.

Do not dare not to dare.

I'd rather look a fool than be right and fail to act.

Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it.

It is true that I must run a great risk; no gallant action was ever accomplished without danger.

To Dare is to risk losing your foothold for a moment, Not to Dare is to risk losing yourself.

Courage is doing something you need to do that might get you hurt.

To a coward, courage always looks like stupidity.

It is brave to be involved

Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

The only wrong thing, perhaps, is permanently hesitating on the verge of courage.

Cowardice asks the question, is it safe?

Courage is feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

At one point, we were all fearful. But as you get older, it's the things you don't do that you regret, more so than the things you do. When fear knocks, answer.

It's so much easier to beat your breast than to stick your neck out.

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Timidity has no place in a major action movie. You have to know how to take your moments. Sometimes walking out the door is just walking out the door. But when it's your moment, you have to go for it.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions.

Boldness in the course of a noble fight is worth the risk... If you stand on truth, you'll only regret your timidity later, but you'll never regret being bold.