#boldness

Men sometimes speak as if humility and meekness would rob us of what is noble and bold and manlike. O that all would believe that this is the nobility of the kingdom of heaven, that this is the royal spirit that the King of heaven displayed, that this is Godlike, to humble oneself, to become the servant of all! ↗

— Andrew Murray

#meekness #men

Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed. ↗

— Jean Anouilh

#boldness #completed #earnest #engage #genius

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great. ↗

— John Dryden

#fear #great #however #mask

Contemporaries relate that hearing Martin Luther pray was "an experience in theology". They said the reformer began praying with such humility that he could be pitied, only to proceed with such boldness before God that the human hearer would fear for him. ↗

— A.W. Tozer

#forgiveness #prayer #experience

The devil's happy when the critics run you off. ↗

— Criss Jami

#certainty #confidence #criticism #critics #determination

St. Luke again associates St. John with St. Peter in the Acts of the Apostles, when, after the Resurrection, that strange boldness had come upon the disciples. ↗

— Alfred Noyes

#after #again #apostles #associates #boldness

At times he could be very critical. He didn't like prints on me. He didn't like stripes. He didn't like boldness. He said I was petite and that was taking away from my looks. ↗

— Priscilla Presley

#boldness #could #critical #i #like

Boldness be my friend. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#friend #my friend

A decent boldness ever meets with friends. ↗

— Homer

#decent #ever #friends #meets

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence. ↗

— John Dryden

#impudence #knaves #men