Every man is as lazy as he dares to be.
Geometry in every proposition speaks a language which experience never dares to utter; and indeed of which she but halfway comprehends the meaning.
Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind.
He who dares not (reason), is a slave.
A true brave man is the one who dares to work against personal-interest.
Do not be afraid of seeming different and being criticized for what might seem to be losing or out of fashion; your peers but adults too, especially those who seem more distant from the mindset and values of the Gospel, are crying out to see someone who dares to live according to the fullness of humanity revealed by Jesus Christ.
How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?
Who dares To say that he alone has found the truth?
'Who dares this pair of boots displace, Must meet Bombastes face to face. ' Thus do I challenge the human race. Bombastes: So have I heard on Afric's burning shore, A hungry lion give a grievous roar; The grievous roar echo'd along the shore. King: So have I heard on Afric's burning shore Another lion give a grievous roar, And the first lion thought the last a bore.
It is the surest proof of man's natural enmity against God that he dares to impute falsehood to one who is truth itself.
He dares not concern himself with the future for fear of disturbing the present.
After many unhappy experiments in the direction of an ideal Republic, it was found that what may be described as a Despotism tempered by Dynamite provides, on the whole, the most satisfactory description of ruler - an autocrat who dares not abuse his autocratic power.
Anyone that dares begrudge what I have today, just better get off their duff and do something about it.
It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so.
Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it. . . one must have the courage to dare.
Great is his faith who dares believe his own eyes.
When the heart dares to speak, it needs no preparation.
A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer. . . He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.
Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die. . . Still you wait and will not try - A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly.
In the early forties and fifties almost everybody "had about enough to live on," and young ladies dressed well on a hundred dollars a year. The daughters of the richest man in Boston were dressed with scrupulous plainness, and the wife and mother owned one brocade, which did service for several years. Display was considered vulgar. Now, alas! only Queen Victoria dares to go shabby.
