Nigel Dennis Quotes

You look at a guy who's being brave. He's afraid, or he wouldn't be brave. If he isn't afraid, he's stupid.

I dive fearless into things.

Bravery is often too sharp a spur.

Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.

It is brave to be involved

The writer has to be brave, I think.

I feel the fear, but I walk fast toward it.

There’s nothing more daring than showing up, putting ourselves out there and letting ourselves be seen.

For courage, there must be something at stake. I come here with nothing to lose.

But if you must be clever, then be clever. Be brave. Sleep with fists closed and shoot straight.

What is courage? Courage is the willingness to risk failure...There is only one danger I find in life, and that, indeed, is a real one. You may take too many precautions.

Courage is caution overcome.

One question," I said. "Did you tell me all that because you think I'm going to die?" "No," he said. "It's because you're doing something brave, and I felt I should too." "I'll take that as a yes," I said.

To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man.

If you want to develop courage, then simply act courageously when it's called for. If you do something over and over again, you develop a habit. Some people develop the habit of courage. Some people develop the habit of non-courage.

with courage a human being is safe enough. And without it - he is never for one instant safe!

Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency.

The difference between a brave man and a coward is a coward thinks twice before jumping in the cage with a lion. The brave man doesn't know what a lion is. He just thinks he does.

Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.

No human is completely fearless.

A word does not frighten the man who, in acting, feels no fear.

If somebody on this team actually gets to first base, I'll stand there naked.

Fortune sides with him who dares.

Sure, give me an adventure and I'll ride it.