Daring

Daring is an adventurous form of boldness, associated with a willingness to take on risks, or even a desire to seek them out. It is characterized by courage, or showing bravery, but may imply an element of foolhardiness.

Quotes

 * DARING, n. One of the most conspicuous qualities of a man in security.
 * Ambrose Bierce, The Cynic's Dictionary (1906); republished as The Devil's Dictionary (1911).


 * "There is a steep and lofty wall, Where my warders trembling stand, He who at speed shall ride round its height, For him shall be my hand."
 * Letitia Elizabeth Landon The Troubadour (1825) Title poem, Canto IV, 'The Proud Ladye'


 * And what they dare to dream of, dare to do.
 * James Russell Lowell, Ode Recited at the Harvard Commemoration (July 21, 1865), Stanza 3.


 * Who dares this pair of boots displace, Must meet Bombastes face to face.
 * William B. Rhodes, Bombastes Furioso (1810), Act I, scene 4.


 * And dar'st thou then To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall?
 * Walter Scott, Marmion (1808), Canto VI, Stanza 14.


 * I dare do all that may become a man: Who dares do more, is none.
 * William Shakespeare, Macbeth (1605), Act I, scene 7, line 47.


 * What man dare, I dare: Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger, Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble.
 * William Shakespeare, Macbeth (1605), Act III, scene 4, line 99.

Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations

 * Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 160.


 * A decent boldness ever meets with friends.
 * Homer, Odyssey, Pope's translation, Book 7, line 67.


 * And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.
 * Homer, Odyssey, Pope's translation, Book II, line 312.


 * Wer nichts waget der darf nichts hoffen.
 * Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.
 * Friedrich Schiller, Don Carlos; same idea in Theocritus, XV. 61. Plautus, Asin., I, 3, 65.


 * Nemo timendo ad summum pervenit locum.
 * No one reaches a high position without daring.
 * Syrus, Maxims.


 * Audendum est; fortes adjuvat ipsa Venus.
 * Dare to act! Even Venus aids the bold.
 * Tibullus, Carmina, I, 2, 16.