Jules Verne Quotes

It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent.

You can't make accommodations in crucial situations and be heroic.

Against the bold, daring is unsafe.

I wasn't heroic because I was never in danger.

To seek trouble - this is not courage, this is madness. Courage is the willingness of man to sensibly face the troubles he cannot avoid.

Caution is the path to mediocrity.

I'm very aware, but I'm very naïve. When you are really naïve and expecting safety and expecting the best, you don't feel you're taking risks. You can get smacked a little, but usually it works out pretty well. I would say that, as much as you can instill your open-minded naivety, if you're basically open minded, then you can do damn near anything.

If man is not ready to risk his life, where is his dignity?

As there are some faults that have been termed faults on the right side, so there are some errors that might be denominated errors on the safe side. Thus we seldom regret having been too mild, too cautious, or too humble; but we often repent having been too violent, too precipitate, or too proud.

No one tests the depth of a river with both feet.

Every step in every proud life is a run from safety to the dark, and the only thing to trust is what we think is true.

I will venture to go... but remember that you must hold the ropes.

Be willing to commit yourself to a course, perhaps a long and hard one, without being able to foresee exactly where you will come out.

Are you going to go down on your knees and beg for your life, old one?" Abbot Mortimer stared calmly into Cluny's savage eye. "I will never bend my knee on my own behalf. However, if I thought I could save the life of one of my friends I would gladly fall down on both knees. But I know you, Cluny, better than you know yourself. There is not a scrap of pity or mercy in your heart, only a burning desire for vengeance. Therefore, I will not kneel to one who is consumed by evil.

Taking a chance and stepping beyond the safety of the world we've always known is the only way to grow.

We cannot truly plan, because we do not understand the future-but this is not necessarily a bad news. We could plan while bearing in mind such limitations. It just takes guts.

I honestly think vulnerability is a beautiful thing: it's tenderness, authenticity, and risk-taking. It means you're living a life where the stakes are high and you are continuing to push your own boundaries and learn new things. It keeps you flexible and young.

Being one step ahead makes you a leader Being fifty steps ahead could make you a martyr.

You are brave! For my sake, do not be rash!

None wise dares hopeless venture.

When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for.

The work that I'm proudest of is the work that I'm most afraid of.

Take a chance. Don’t be afraid of what you don’t know. And don’t fall in love with Plan A.

Kneel to nobody; bow to everyone.

Someone who does not run toward the allure of love walks a road where nothing lives. But this dove here senses the love hawk floating above, and waits, and will not be driven or scared to safety.