Dominique Pire Quotes

Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.

I'd rather look a fool than be right and fail to act.

It's so much easier to beat your breast than to stick your neck out.

Knowledge without courage is sterile.

Without courage we will simply accumulate a collection of good ideas and regrets.

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.

The more wit the less courage.

The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.

True valor lies between cowardice and rashness.

In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

I mean, I'm not going to play the hero of something.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.

Fools act on imagination without knowledge, pedants act on knowledge without imagination.

It is mere cowardice to seek safety in negations.

Wisdom ofttimes consists of knowing what to do next.

It needs courage to throw oneself forward, but it needs no less to hold oneself back.

doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right

I am not going to do anything unless I am afraid of it.

I always saw my mother just making decisions that helped our family. It was much later when I realized how courageous she really was, and I came to understand what a risk-taker she was. That's very much a part of how I am.

I'm more the kind of man who never makes decisions. But impulsivity is not the opposite of courage; I think it's possible to do both.

I ignore my fear,” he says. “When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn’t exist.” I stare at him for a second. I can’t help it. To me there’s a difference between not being afraid and acting in spite of fear, as he does.

Cowardice is how you decide to be in real life