“And bold Stesichorus and rash Sappho, who feared not Leucas but took the manly leap.”

“Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.”
Audendo magnus tegitur timor.

“Coming near him like a ballet dancer she took a leap towards him, and he, frightened by her vehemence, and fearing that she would crash against him, instinctively became absolutely rigid, and she felt herself embracing a statue.”

“If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.”

“In the dead sunlight of a forgotten spring the major leaguers were trim, graceful and effortless. They might have been gods for these seemed true Olympians to a boy who wanted to become a manand who sensed that it was an exalted manly thing to catch a ball with one hand thrust across your body and make a crowd leap to its feet and cheer.”

“I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.”

“Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.”

“Boldness in battle is nothing out of the way… but to face down fear in cold blood is rare in any man.”

“Look not mournfully into the Past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the Present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and with a manly heart.”

“Let God turn fear into faith. Instead of becoming a hesitant leader, ask God to make you bold and aggressive.”