Daring

Daringis an adventurous form of boldness, associated with a willingness to take on risks, or even a desire to seek them out. It is characterized bycourage,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 asThe 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 LandonThe 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 inHoyt'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 inTheocritus,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.